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2011: a crowded year

Posted on by Tommaso De Benetti

… best of all, organize a convention which includes a huge party). Here are a few good reasons to venture offline in 2011:

Crowdsortium Symposium

Crowdsortium Symposium is the debut event from crowdsourcing advocates and industry practitioners group Crowdsortium.org. The convention is scheduled for May 19-20 in Mountain “Google” View, California. Given Crowdsortium’s impressive list of members, the event should be a great opportunity for crowdsourcing professionals to meet up …

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The Travelling Salesman is back – Part 1

Posted on by Tommaso De Benetti

… now over and he’s back. With a presentation held the 16th of December in the premises of Aalto Venture Garage, he went on retelling his legendary journey of networking and (self) discovery.

Good trip, but luck

“When I started thinking about this journey,” began Kristoffer, “it was always on my mind that I wanted to do it in a Landrover, because I wanted to visit a lot of remote places – I crossed six rivers in Iceland – and my intended 10,000 km drive actually turned …

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2010: A year not lost on the crowd

Posted on by Ville Miettinen

… people were as excited about our ideas as we are: in August we announced the investment by the venture capital fund Sunstone Capital, and in October the New York Times shared our vision with the world. Most important of all, we even found time to put our name on a T-shirt.

What will next year hold? Only time will tell. But, in the next weeks we’ll let you know what we have planned.

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Nordic Tech Tour: Our journey gets going

Posted on by Harri Holopainen

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As anyone who has ever started their own company knows, it is quite a ride. While every journey is different, all share the thrill of turning an idea into reality.

For any start-up, a key point in this process is when it pokes its head to the world. If it is mishandled, even a promising business risks having it chopped off. This is part of the reason it’s a good …

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