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Crowdsourced Entrepreneurship

Crowdsourcing taps the public to synthesize and create

Implications - Crowdsourcing has quickly revolutionized the way we gain information and formulate new products. The Internet has allowed billions of people to connect, form bonds and build personal and business communities and platforms. These connections are spawning mass crowdsourcing of design and creation in all industries.
Trend Themes
1. Crowdsourcing - Crowdsourcing has disrupted the traditional approach to product design and creation in all industries.
2. User-generated Content - User-generated content platforms are becoming increasingly popular in various industries.
3. Open Innovation - Open innovation strategies are being adopted by businesses to harness the collective intelligence of the crowd.
Industry Implications
1. Marketing - Crowdsourcing and user-generated content are disrupting traditional marketing campaigns.
2. Product Design - Open innovation and crowdsourcing are offering new avenues for product design.
3. Entertainment - User-generated content platforms are transforming the entertainment industry, allowing for new forms of creative expression.
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Featured Examples

Crowdsourced News Photography
Crowdsourced News Photography
New York Times Readers Picture The Recession in Photos
Readers of the New York Times have been sending in their photos of the credit crunch in a collaborative project labeled Picturing the Recession. The online gallery creatively allows people to submit… MORE
Crowdsourced Film Remakes
Crowdsourced Film Remakes
'Star Wars: Uncut' Lets Fans Recreate an Epic Movie
If there was a part in Star Wars you didn’t particularly enjoy, you can now change it to your liking by logging onto Star Wars: Uncut. The site allows Star Wars fans to recreate specific parts of the epic… MORE
Round-the-Clock Crowdsourcing
Round-the-Clock Crowdsourcing
Ideas Culture's 'Ideas While You Sleep' Puts Twitter Users to Work
Crowdsourcing is the Web 2.0 way of getting things done, and Ideas Culture's 'Ideas While You Sleep' program takes this practice one step further and uses Twitter for brainstorming or research. Once you… MORE
Crowdsourced Car Wraps
Crowdsourced Car Wraps
The Cool Hunter Wants Your Mini Cooper Design Submissions
Mini Cooper and The Cool Hunter are discusssing customized designer car wraps for savvy Mini owners who want to flaunt their coolness. To that end, TCH is working to offer designer mini wraps to Mini Cooper… MORE
play_circle_filled Crowdsourced Home Makeovers
Crowdsourced Home Makeovers
Voting for Comcast Town Finalists Commences
Last month we introduced you to Comcast Town’s interactive home makeover competition, and Comcast has just released the four finalists and opened up the site for public voting. You can check out the four… MORE
Crowdsourced Dictionaries
Crowdsourced Dictionaries
Germany's Duden Dictionary Lets You Add New Words
The Duden Dictionary is the best known dictionary for the German language. For 125 years, Duden has been the operative authority of the German language. This year, together with Trendbüro, they had an… MORE
play_circle_filled Crowdsourced Comedy
Crowdsourced Comedy
ChuckleDumper is a Hotbed of User-Submitted Humor
Jack McCloy and Brian McGuinness, two guys from Long Island, came up with a scathingly brilliant idea when they designed and developed a web site called ChuckleDumper. ChuckleDumper is a dynamically updated… MORE
Crowdsourcing Your Designs
Crowdsourcing Your Designs
Ponoko Lets You Submit Ideas and Others Make It For You
Ponoko is a great website for all those creative people with great ideas that want to have them designed and made, and maybe even make money off their clever creations! Ponoko is the brain child of some… MORE
Crowdsourced Operas
Crowdsourced Operas
Royal Opera House Solicits Tweets for Upcoming Twitter Opera
It was only a matter of time before the first Twitter opera would come to pass, and thanks to the Royal Opera House, that day will come sooner than you think. The Royal Opera House has begun soliciting… MORE
Crowdsourced Copy Editing
Crowdsourced Copy Editing
GooseGrade Lets You Correct Any Website in the World
GooseGrade is a free service that offers a way for readers to copy edit any website in the world by just downloading a plugin. Of course, site owners must also install the plugin to see the edits made,… MORE
Crowdsourcing Big-Name Beers
Crowdsourcing Big-Name Beers
Corporate Breweries Tap Beer Enthusiasts for New Recipes
Good news for all the Canadian beer enthusiasts: Big breweries are tapping into the intellectual resource of home brewers in an effort to identify with an ever-changing market. New recipes concocted by… MORE

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