Bryce Bartel, Brandon Taylor, Chase Stewart, Joseph Anderson, Salvael Ortega
CROWDSOURCING
Crowd Outsourcing Crowdsourcing
Definition
“Crowdsourcing is the act of outsourcing tasks, traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, to an undefined, large group of people or community (a "crowd"), through an open call.” -Wikipedia
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• “Groups are Smarter than the smartest people in them” – Wisdom of Crowds
• Process of taking into account the collective opinion of individuals , rather than a single expert to answer a question.
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• Wikipedia– Online encyclopedia that 15%
of the internet refers to daily.
Examples of Crowd Wisdom
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• Word of Mouth– Social Media– Buzz, blogs, etc
Examples of Crowd Wisdom
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• Springwise– Blog style Site– Collection of ideas from across the globe
• Quirky– Crowd Product Development– Make money by contributing– Release products every few days– Market feedback if not accepted
Crowd Ideas
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• LOTR – Theatrical Version vs.
Extended
Wisdom of Crowds is powerful
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• Development:– oDesk– Elance
• User Testing – Loop11– FeedbackArmy– Fivesecondtest– UserTesting
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• Crowd Source/Open Source– Ruby– Firefox– Linux
• Incentive Source– NetFlix
• Customer Validation– What do you need un this software?
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• Linking “creatives” to those who need creative input
• Need creative insights for a logo check out crowdspring
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Crowd Funding
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Fundraising Sponsorship Loans
Equity Investment
sRewards
• No Returns• Threshold Pledge
Examples:• 40Billion
Fundraising
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40Billion
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• Sponsor gets to display ad on website
• Million Dollar Page
Sponsorship
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• Interest and repayment• Other fees (set-up fee, extension)• No sell of ownership• Microloans allow for loans of down to $1• Threshold Pledge
• 40Billion• Kiva• Lendio• Prosper.com
Loans and Microloans
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• Very hard to get around SEC regulations
• WebEquity.org
Equity Investments
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Examples:• KickStarter• ProFounder• IndieGoGo
Rewards
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Pros• Allows financing for
unconventional ideas
• Provides some validation for idea’s success
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Cons• Disclosure of ideas
• Tend to focus on seed funding
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• ProFounder.com• KickStarter.com• IndieGoGo.com• Kiva.org• 40Billion.com• WebEquity.org• Prosper.com
URLs
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Questions?
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