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ChallengePost is a marketplace for challenges. It enables participant challengers to post challenges to solvers. Like create a new iPhone app that does something special, a cheap, small...
The new money, which came after $600,000 in angel funding, is being used to expand the company from a two-man operation to one that employs 14 people which can be considered as another big step...
Open innovation is rapidly changing the way organizations tackle tough problems. Even the United States government loves open innovation, using its Challenge.gov platform to monitor pollution, improve employment opportunities for people with disabilities, and crowdsource a “next-generation” combat vehicle, among other initiatives.
ChallengePost, which runs Challenge.gov for the federal government in addition to software competitions for private companies, firmly believes that competition breeds innovation. We spoke with Brian Koles, business development manager at ChallengePost, who explained the myriad benefits of open innovation.
A good example of creative ways to develop innovative solutions by engaging communities who participate for financial, social and professional rewards.
This guest post comes to Crowdsourcing.org from Brian Koles of ChallengePost, a platform for contests and competitions in software development and open government. He offers us half a dozen tips for conducting a public competition that will get results.
If you're a creative problem solver looking for a new challenge, here's an outlet for you! "ChallengePost enables government agencies and software companies to invite the public...
Open innovation intermediaries are becoming increasingly mature and specific in the services they offer. I 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.
The panelists included Andrew McLaughlin, director of Civic Commons, former director of global public policy for Google and former deputy chief tech officer for the White House; Carole Post,...
The crowdsourcing and crowdfunding industry is picking up momentum at an exceptional rate. Validity of the models involved is now grounded in the ever-increasing size of the participatory crowd, the scale of the capital networks involved, and the unique value delivered to customers, communities, and investors alike. Astute expansion-stage venture firms are now decisively backing and further fuelling explosive high-growth in crowd-driven companies. With more than $280 million invested in 35 different crowdsourcing and crowdfunding platforms during 2011 — an average investment of $8 million per funding round — it is clear that the industry’s probationary period is over.
Here’s a top five list for you to get started. Good luck and happy crowdsourcing! Sparked.com - enables nonprofits (and soon, businesses) to distribute tasks to supporters. UserVoice -...
The contest was hosted by Challenge.gov, the U.S. government’s site for crowdsourcing tech solutions to a variety of problems. Challenge.gov is run by ChallengePost, a hub for contests that was...
While crowdsourcing appears to offer many potential advantages to federal government agencies looking to solve complex problems, additional value may be found in the less-obvious benefits. “There...
The Magical Power of Crowds, an Open Skies magazine article by Crowdsourcing.org editor Eric Blattberg, explores how the modern web empowers us all.
Two weeks ago, we published a piece that discussed the state of open innovation (OI). In order to get the most current information for my story, I spoke with several executives from a number of leading OI companies. Today, I am sharing my very enlightening conversation with InnoCentive’s Vice President of Marketing Steve Bonadio.
Mozilla and the National Science Foundation (NSF) teamed up to launch the Mozilla Ignite challenge back in June. The open innovation initiative asked users to take advantage of “ultra-fast and deeply programmable new networks” and submit ideas for “apps from the future.” The initial ideation stage closed last month, and the winners were announced yesterday. We highlight a few of the winning ideas that make use of crowdsourcing.
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