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A Dutch journalist named Rob Wijnberg has raised $1.3 million to launch a digital news site called De Correspondent that will focuse on context and quality content, rather than the hustle of the...
The concept of crowdfunding is famous in the world of music and new technology, but for badminton, it’s a first. Of course, this may seem to be a “lost investment” as there is no chance that the...
The roundtable discussion for Dutch Economic Affairs, chaired by Prof. dr. Paul Louis Iske at ABN Amro’s Dialogues House was a major step for the government and other interested parties to get together and begin a debate on how to raise our promising child called Crowdfunding. Across the globe, in the USA, we hear news of SEC starting to tackle the problem of over-regulating crowdfunding as well. That leaves us with hope that crowdfunding is to take an important position as an alternative for funding of SMEs. That ship has yet a long way to sail, but in the least it appears to be setting the right course!
As Twitter looks to expand itself around the world, localized translations of the website are a must, and as Facebook has shown, crowdsourced voluntary translations are the most effective way...
Korstiaan Zandvliet, CEO of Symbid, is excited about breaking the Dutch national record. According to him, Enviu was a special project, because its founders made a conscious choice for...
The Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), which spends billions on advanced weapons systems, put this low-tech question to a huge online community by crowdsourcing. It’s part of a trend in Research and...
TenPages.com was launched in February 2010 as the first professional crowdfunding platform in the worldwide book publishing industry. The launch generated a surprising amount of media coverage in...
Debuting in English, French, Dutch and German, Etsy’s new Android app should improve its already growing mobile shopping statistics for the holidays. The new app from Etsy touts a minimalistic...
On March 18, Wijnberg, former editor-in-chief of the young-adult-targeted newspaper nrc.next, proposed his idea for a new online journalism platform on Dutch national television. Within 24 hours,...
This start-up, consisting of more than 30.000 active designers, wants to market herself in the USA. We can proudly report the submission of 600.000 designs and payment of $ 2.000.000 to all the...
Launched just last week, Weltevree's “World Wide Local” is a new digital platform on which users and suppliers of such products can connect with each other by sharing their local experiences...
The Open Elm Project is the result of a collaboration between Island-based Red Robot Studios and Isle of Man Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture. The aim of the project is to harness...
We are pleased to publish our 2011 Crowdsourcing Industry Landscape in Dutch. This years Infographic presents a comprehensive selection of crowdsourcing sites and projects. We have selected what we...
Sara Lee’s Pickwick tea "Dutch Blend"was developed in co-creation with members from the ‘Pickwick Gardens’ community on Hyves (a popular Dutch social network site). A group of 25...
Dutch film director Paul Verhoeven has called on the public via the website of Entertainment Experience to write the script, compose the theme tune and design a game based on the film. Anyone in...
The project is a collaboration between sixteen archives in the Netherlands, led by Amsterdam City Archives, and is designed as an extensible and flexible crowdsourcing platform. Velehanden was...
The brainchild of the Dutch Energy Cooperative with support from the Doen Foundation, Windcentrale gives Dutch households a way to secure their own energy supply for years to come. Toward that end,...
We look at a self-run crowdfunding campaign for De Correspondent, a Dutch news outlet that will launch in September.
Introducing crowd-funding as a way to substantiate the publishing decision, TenPages.com has found a niche between traditional book publishing and self-publishing. In fact it helps aspiring authors...
The Dutch Postcode Lottery works for a greener, fairer world by supporting charities in the Netherlands and abroad. They believe that the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge can help to generate the...
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