Cowdsourcing.org The Industry Website

Register Login
or sign in with

Web's Largest listing of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding events

Events

Advertise
Crowdsourcing Week
Web's Largest Directory of Sites

2,359 crowdsourcing and crowdfunding sites


Sponsors

Advertise Here
Content Type
Latest Editorial Trending Most Commented Most Viewed
Crowdfunding and Direct Selling: A Conversation With Dan Williams (Part 3)
Crowdfunding

The conclusion of our conversation between Paul Spinrad and Dan Williams on the intersection of crowdfunding and those nifty products sold directly to consumers via infomercials and elsewhere.

Read more

Paul SpinradMay 24, 2013 05:48 pm GMT577 views
1780
Oklahoma Tornado, Other Tragedies Building Up Crowdfunding Platforms
Crowdfunding

Smaller crowdfunding platforms are quickly replacing the role of the primetime celebrity telethon that followed so many tragedies in the past.

Read more

Eric MackMay 23, 2013 11:57 pm GMT684 views
2440
Alan Moore's Clear Vision of a Crowd-Powered Future
Cloud Labor, Crowdfunding

Alan Moore has one of the most clear visions of our crowd-powered future and how it will (continue to) take shape out there at the moment. Have a look in this video.

Read more

Eric MackMay 23, 2013 06:41 pm GMT866 views
8540
Crowdfunding and Direct Selling: A Conversation With Dan Williams (Part 2)
Crowdfunding

We continue our conversation between Paul Spinrad and Dan Williams on the intersection of crowdfunding and those nifty products sold directly to consumers via infomercials and elsewhere.

Read more

Paul SpinradMay 23, 2013 01:07 am GMT724 views
1270
Talking Crowdfunding at the Canadian Venture Conference
Crowdfunding

This week in Canada, the country's venture capital and private equity leaders gather for the annual conference of Canada's Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA). Crowdfunding is on the agenda this year, as is massolution / crowdsourcing.org founder Carl Esposti.

Read more

Crowdsourcing.orgMay 22, 2013 05:33 pm GMT648 views
1330
Mimvi, Entrepreneur Magazine Partner With Launcht for ‘TrepLabs’
Crowdfunding

Mimvi, Entrepreneur Magazine and Launcht are coming together to create TrepLabs, a mobile app incubator with a crowdfunding component. We recently got a chance to speak with Mimvi's Eric Rice to find out what to expect when the platform launches in June. 

Read more

Anton RootMay 22, 2013 03:00 pm GMT1019 views
12981
The Rob Ford 'Crackstarter:' A Crowdfunding Campaign to Root Against
Crowdfunding

With Gawker's campaign over on Indiegogo right now to raise funds to purchase a video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack, rewards-based crowdfunding is currently having its Skokie vs. the neo-Nazis moment.

Read more

Eric MackMay 22, 2013 02:41 pm GMT1922 views
15722
Creating a Winning Design on a Crowdsourcing Platform [Infographic]
Crowd Creativity

99designs recently released an infographic showing how to create a winning submission on its platform. We take a look at some of the takeaways. 

Read more

Anton RootMay 22, 2013 12:00 pm GMT445 views
1730
Crowdsourcing Week: The Potential of Crowd Power (Video)
Cloud Labor, Crowd Creativity, Crowdfunding

Watch this special video from José María Figueres, President of the Carbon War Room. Figueres hails the power of crowdsourcing and the potential for Crowdsourcing Week to become a key summit for those of us who live and breathe all things crowd.

Read more

Crowdsourcing.orgMay 21, 2013 05:58 pm GMT729 views
3520
Genius Crowds Closes Its Doors
Crowd Creativity, Open Innovation

The co-creation company Genius Crowds announced that it is shuttering its doors last week. We had a chance to speak with the company's cofounder and CEO CJ Kettler about what went wrong. 

Read more

Anton RootMay 21, 2013 12:00 pm GMT769 views
1730
Crowdfunding and Direct Selling: A Conversation With Dan Williams
Crowdfunding

Paul Spinrad speaks with the Electronic Retailing Association's Dan Williams about crowdfunding and the market for direct response products sold directly to consumers from the entities that make them.

Read more

Paul SpinradMay 20, 2013 09:40 pm GMT1289 views
4581
Crowdfunding Platform for Journalists 'Vourno' Launches Today
Crowdfunding

We take a look at Vourno, a crowdfunding platform for journalists, that launched earlier today.

Read more

Anton RootMay 20, 2013 03:00 pm GMT1451 views
8880
Freakstarter and Cuban's Embrace of the Crowd: Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding Headlines
Crowd Creativity, Crowdfunding

Listen to our bite-sized podcast of the week's top crowdsourcing and crowdfunding headlines, in which we cover all the most important developments in the industries and the broader world of the crowd, and all in less than 10 minutes.

Read more

Eric MackMay 19, 2013 02:47 pm GMT865 views
1270
Mark Cuban Loves Crowdsourcing: The Crowded Room #24
Cloud Labor, Crowd Creativity, Crowdfunding

Dallas Mavericks owner and outspoken investor Mark Cuban has been speaking out a lot lately about the value of the crowd, and now he's putting one of his investments where his mouth is and crowdsourcing his team's uniforms. That, plus the delights of Freakstarter and all the week's top crowdsourcing and crowdfunding headlines in our 24th installment of the Crowded Room.

Read more

Eric MackMay 18, 2013 12:42 am GMT1365 views
1080
How to Make Crowdfunding Technology Work in a Non-Tech Sector
Crowdfunding

Sarah Timms, founder and CEO of LoveAnimals.org, a recently-launched crowdfunding platform for animal welfare and wildlife conservation, writes in to explain how to make crowdfunding appealing to non-tech companies and organizations.

Read more

Crowdsourcing.orgMay 17, 2013 04:59 pm GMT2484 views
10130
Pebble Secures $15M in VC Funding
Crowdfunding

Pebble, the company behind the eponymous smartwatch, announced on Thursday that it secured $15 million in Series A funding from VC firm Charles River Ventures.

Read more

Eric BlattbergMay 16, 2013 10:22 pm GMT1270 views
3120
Google’s Stake in Lending Club a Defining Moment for Crowdfinance
Crowdfunding

InvestedIn CEO Alon Goren says Google's investment in the crowdfinance platform is a key milestone.

Read more

Crowdsourcing.orgMay 16, 2013 09:05 pm GMT3517 views
30910
Mark Cuban Crowdsourcing Dallas Mavericks’ New Uniforms
Crowd Creativity

Mark Cuban plans to update the Dallas Mavericks' uniforms, and he's turning to the crowd for help.

Read more

Anton RootMay 16, 2013 05:47 pm GMT953 views
00
Talking Crowdfunding with hyperfund's David Schmelke
Crowdfunding

Hyperfund is an equity crowdfunding platform that's set to launch later this year. We reached out to the platform's VP of business development, David Schmelke, to find out more about the platform and his thoughts on the crowdfunding space in general.

Read more

Anton RootMay 15, 2013 06:20 pm GMT1149 views
770
"Participation is the New Brand:" Chaordix at Crowdsourcing Week
Cloud Labor, Crowd Creativity, Distributed Knowledge

Continuing our in-depth preview with an interview with one of the presenters at Crowdsourcing Week, Shelley Kuipers, founder of Chaordix. Kuipers will be speaking about Growing Global Brands with Crowdsourcing.

Read more

Eric MackMay 15, 2013 04:24 pm GMT1202 views
60
Back to top Search More