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And the crowdsourcing award goes to…
September 8, 2011… year, three other forms of crowdsourcing will get their own ICE awards: macrotasks, microtasks and crowdfunding. No prizes for guessing which category we’ll be fighting for…
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Arts, business, crowd, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, Dell, Literature, microwork, Mobile phone, Small business | Leave a commentCrowd funding: a monumental achievement
March 14, 2011 Share Detroit is a tough town, down on its luck. First there was the fall of the US motor industry, then a global financial meltdown. Thousands of people have left the city. Many neighborhoods are now derelict – populated only by violent gangs, wild dogs and film crews shooting apocalyptic zombie movies. In these troubled times, can anyone save “Motor City”?
Forget …
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crowd, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, crowdsourcing platform, Dave Bing, Detroit, distributed work, Imagination Station, iPod Nano, Kickstarter, Long Tail, microwork, Peter Weller, RoboCop | Leave a commentA penny for your thoughts: Why crowdfunding is taking off
September 2, 2010… for funding – can also turn to the crowd.
Friending for funding
Crowdsourced funding, or crowdfunding, at its most basic, involves raising funds through a network of people. Crowdfunding can help with everything from paying for a new heart to buying a real-life fantasy football team, investing in fashion to fulfilling a personal dream. What is new is not so much the underlying concepts – charities and cooperatives have been doing similar things for years – but how easy …
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AKA music, artistshare, catwalkgenius, ChipIn, cinemashares, crowdcube, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, distributed work, First Giving, Fundable, Give.fm, gofundme, greedyorneedy, HaveMoney Will Vlog, indiegogo, Just Giving, kapipal, Kick Starter, laraghfinance, Pledge Bank, projectfranchise, Rocket Hub, sellaband, The Cosmonaut, trampoline systems | 2 CommentsBanking on one another: Can the crowd save itself from the banks?
January 26, 2012… The exchange begins with borrowers proposing an amount they want to borrow. Then, much like crowdfunding, lenders contribute to the loan until it reaches its goal and the borrower gets their money. Some companies like RateSetter automatically link lenders and borrowers by the rates they want. Others like Funding Circle, which specializes in funding for small businesses, allow lenders greater control.
Despite their growth, peer-to-peer (P2P) lending only accounts for around $270 …
Crowded planet: desperately seeking sustainability
November 8, 2011Share According to the latest UN figures , there are now over 7 billion people living on planet earth. In response, the world’s media has exploded with dire predictions of famine, war and climate disaster (and some great info-graphics ). Of course, in Finland over-population is hardly a major problem (except for reindeer and right-wing politicians ). But we’re probably …
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