Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS Crowdfunding and the ‘Engagement Effect’ Concept — The American Institute of Architects recently engaged the research and advisory firm massolution to explore the possibilities of crowdfunding for architects. We feature some findings from the report. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS The State of Crowdfunding …
Crowdsourcing & Crowdfunding: Looking Back on a Breakout Year
2012 was the year crowdfunding exploded on the scene with numerous platforms, the JOBS act and other laws legalizing crowdfunding for equity, and these top five grossing projects from Kickstarter and elsewhere. Click for more…
New organization launched for citizen-led renewal of neighborhoods, cities, and natural resources
Free ReCitizen memberships offered to local entrepreneurs, retirees, public leaders, etc. worldwide. Washington, DC – November 17, 2012 – Citizens’ faith in our public and private institutions is low, and getting lower with each passing day. Most people trust neither government nor corporations to safeguard their future. The need to …
What Else Can We Crowdsource?
Stanford’s Michael Bernstein spends a lot of time thinking about crowdsourcing and its potential in addition to actually running experiments with crowds. Recently at CrowdConf 2012, Crowdsourcing.org Managing Editor Eric Mack sat down with him for a few minutes to pick his brain on what he sees in the future …
Obama on Reddit, Crowdfunding Guns and Dirty Pictures – The Crowded Room Podcast
Top Stories Equity-based crowdfunding platform EarlyShares announced today that it acquired HelpersUnite from Crowdnetic. The acquisition of the donation-based platform reflects EarlyShares’ desire to expand its portfolio and jump into the crowdfunding space as soon as it can. EarlyShares CEO Maurice Lopes spoke with Crowdsourcing.org about the deal. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS …
Is Crowdfunding Right for Your Business? (Webinar)
Open innovation intermediaries are becoming increasingly mature and specific in the services they offer. Crowdsourcing.org’s Anton Root spoke with a handful of open innovation leaders and found the path to expansion and further maturity lies in the potential of collaboration and building like-minded and motivated communities of problem solvers. Is Crowdfunding Right …
Meet Gambitious, an Equity-based Platform for Video Games
When Target needed help launching its own e-commerce platform, it turned to crowdsourcing. In an upcoming webinar from Crowdsourcing.org, you can learn about the tools and platforms that an increasing number of retailers are taking advantage of. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS Meet Gambitious, an Equity-based Platform for Video Games This week, entrepreneur …
Battle brews over California net metering | SmartPlanet Daily
A daily briefing of the newest stories on SmartPlanet, five days a week. Click for the full newsletter. —Crowdsourcing starts to clear away corporate cobwebs McKinsey reports companies are enhancing innovation with approaches such as internal ‘stock markets’ and Web forums. Read the full story