Crowdsourcing Week hosted the CSW Startup Workshop with the theme, “Accelerate Your Startup with Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding,” held at PLUG-IN@BLK 71, a startup co-working and community space managed by the National University of Singapore. More than 60 delegates...
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April 23 at CSW Global 15: Crowdfunding and Crowd Finance Revolution
Crowdsourcing Week Global 2015 was a blast as we wrap up day 4 of the conference with high caliber speakers and experts in the crowdfunding, crowd finance, venture capitalism, and cryptocurrencies. The rapid-fire sessions and discussions from the speakers and...
April 22 At CSW Global 15: Empowering Billions Through Collaborative Societies
CSW Global 2015 Day 3 started with a bang as sharing economy practitioners, thought-leaders and from Australia, Singapore, India, Philippines, US, Colombia, and Brussels and among others shared amazing insights, stories, and data on how crowdsourcing has empowered...
A Day of Insights When Crowds Meet Enterprise
The third annual Crowdsourcing Week Global Conference (Day 2) kicked-off with the theme “Business Meets Crowds: The Billion Dollar Opportunity.” Hundreds of delegates and crowd economy influencers and thought leaders from Singapore, Japan, Philippines, USA, UK, India,...
This Week in Crowdsourcing: News Roundup April 17
We’re getting closer to Crowdsourcing Week Global 2015 conference. And before we hit the road on Monday, we’re delivering some of the noteworthy news and updates in the crowdsourcing space for our weekly digest. PWC says sharing economy is ‘getting very big and ‘very...
#Crowdchat Recap: Airbnb & the Evolution of the Hospitality Industry
Want to know how an airbed disrupted the hospitality industry? JJ Chai, Managing Director of Airbnb South East Asia and India, discussed this on the #Crowdchat and how the sharing economy can benefit cities, and its implications for travel in Asia. He said there are...
#Crowdchat Recap: Democratizing Social Innovation
Can crowds be better than experts? Zenia Tata, Executive Director, Global Expansion, XPRIZE said, “Sometimes, yes. It's not as much about finding FEW expert answers but finding MANY crazy ideas and vetting them into expert solutions.” She discussed the problem-solving...
eYeka To Present its Crowdsourcing Report Findings
eYeka will be at Crowdsourcing Week Global (April 20-24) and Crowdsourcing Week Geneva (May 26) to present the findings of our Crowdsourcing Trend Report, released last week. eYeka's "The State of Crowdsourcing in 2015" trend report takes a step back to look at the...
This Week in Crowdsourcing: News Roundup April 10
The countdown starts today! Only 10 days to the Crowdsourcing Week Global 2015! We have updated our Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday themes and programmes plus the comprehensive list global speakers. Meanwhile, as part of our weekly digest, here is a list of...
Announcing The Second Round of Young Leaders Selected as YAP Fellows for CSW Global 2015
We are pleased to announce the second batch of YAP (Young Achievers Program) fellows for Crowdsourcing Week Global Conference 2015. Only 10 days to go to the most anticipated crowd conference of 2015 and we are thrilled to meet and greet these young promising leaders...
How an Airbed Disrupted Hospitality: #Crowdchat with JJ Chai Airbnb
Anyone with extra space - an extra bedroom, a spare villa, or an apartment free over the weekend, can share their space to travellers around the world. All this started with an airbed. How did that happen? As a sneak preview of what you’ll get from the most cutting...
Meet the First Five Young Leaders Selected As YAP Fellows
We are excited to announce the first roundup of YAP (Young Achievers Program) Fellows—an initiative to recognize bright upcoming talent and ideas in the crowd economy—for Crowdsourcing Week Global Conference 2015. These YAP fellows are remarkably unstoppable in...
Full Throttle on Crowd Finance Revolution, April 23 at CSW Global 2015
Editors Note: This blog is a part of a 3-post series highlighting each day's theme and programming at CSW Global 2015. Read all about Tuesday and Wednesday - and do not miss Friday's Startup Workshop! Learn from the world-class crowdfunding experts and practitioners...
Shift Gears With Collaborative Societies at CSW Global 15
Editors Note: This blog is a part of a 3-post series highlighting each day's theme and programming at CSW Global 2015. Read all about Tuesday and Thursday - and do not miss Friday's Startup Workshop! Ready for Wednesday's sessions at CSW Global 2015? It’s time to...
Buckle Up For Business Meets Crowds at CSW Global 2015
Editors Note: This blog is a part of a 3-post series highlighting each day’s theme and programming at CSW Global 2015. Read all about Wednesday and Thursday – and do not miss Friday’s Startup Workshop! Buckled up for the intensive and rapid-fire sessions at CSW...
This Week in Crowdsourcing: News Roundup March 27
Tons of exciting news and updates are churning this week on the 14 parts of the crowd economy; from crowd currencies to crowdfunding to sharing economy to civic engagement being talked about, it only shows the potency of crowdsourcing paradigm to different industries...
Workshop: Startups Will Learn to Accelerate Through Crowds
It is that time of the year again. CSW's Startup Workshop has been a sold out feature in the past and this year too we have an impressive lineup of speakers to help startup founders really harness the latest crowd tools. The 2015 CSW Startup Workshop will be held...
This Week in Crowdsourcing: News Roundup March 20
As part of our weekly mantra, we are delivering a list of curated news roundup—interesting news and updates on crowdsourcing, crowdfunding... in a nutshell, the 14 parts of the crowd economy landscape. Australia launches its first ever real-estate crowdfunding...
Democratizing Social Innovation: #Crowdchat with Zenia Tata of XPRIZE
Only four weeks to go before Crowdsourcing Week's 3rd Global Annual Conference. And in a preview to the exciting & intensive content at CSW Global 2015, we are chatting with Zenia Tata of XPRIZE, one of speakers in our stellar lineup on April 22. #Crowdchat is a...
The Crowdsourced City Guide to Singapore
As Asia's most dynamic business hub, a hot spot for innovation and a global melting pot of food and culture, there are many reasons Singapore is the host city for Crowdsourcing Week Global 2015. For those traveling from near and far to attend CSW Global 2015,...
Crowdsourcing with a Local Focus for Global Impact
Crowdsourcing Week Summit traveled to the Arctic Circle, March 12 &13 in the remote Swedish Laplands to observe, share and highlight the community applications of crowdsourcing that can have widespread global impact. In Voullerim, a small town of 800 people,...
A New Paradigm: The 14 Parts of the Crowd Economy Landscape
Social media move over, there is a new game in town. Nothing wrong with spending oodles of time on social networks or video sharing sites, but how much of that effort has an organizational value to it? Questionable at the best of times. Social media's star in the...
This Week in Crowdsourcing: News Roundup March 13
Spring is slowly but confidently stepping in and bringing us fresh & exciting developments in crowdsourcing. Dive into these latest global developments with us! Crowdsourcing policy in India Indian government has just launched an updated version of MyGov.in....
The Essential List of Crowd Economy Leaders & Influencers: The #Crowd411
Meet the most influential thinkers, doers and practitioners in the crowd economy, all in one exhaustive list. As promised last week, we are unveiling the exhaustive list of crowd economy influencers. We're calling it the #Crowd411, the essential directory of people...