Web's Largest listing of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding events
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According to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, dieters who had a financial incentive to lose weight were nearly five times more likely to meet their goal than...
HealthRally helps friends motivate one another to reach important goals with exciting rewards.
Users of San Francisco-based HealthRally can set up a “rally” for themselves or for a friend. In either case, they specify a fitness goal — quitting smoking, for example, or losing 10 pounds —...
Dyson wrote about her excitement at mHealth’s potential last year in a column for the Huffington Post: ”A new industry is coming into being: one that makes money by selling what’s good for you,”...
Once a person signs up to the crowdfunding website HealthRally.com, they can set up a personal challenge for themselves with a deadline and invite friends and family members to pledge their...
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.
One success story that is currently featured on the HeathRally website portrays a 66-year old woman who spent years attempting to lose 10 pounds in weight. She had tried everything including Weight...
Founded in 2010, the industry website, Crowdsourcing.org, is a neutral organization dedicated solely to crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. As one of the most influential and credible authorities in the crowdsourcing space, Crowdsourcing.org is recognized worldwide for its intellectual capital, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding practice expertise and unbiased thought leadership.
