This story – which could only have happened now, confronts a pile of 20th century assumptions about how things can be made to happen. The context is a new gizmo…but it could equally be a solution to a social problem, made possible by the explosion of crowd-sourcing and networking platforms. It shows how, in the 21st Century, the only capital you really need is intellectual capital.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.therussiansusedapencil.com\/post\/2794775825\/idea-to-market-in-5-months-making-the-glif<\/a><\/p>\n

This story introduced me to Kickstarter, www.kickstarter.com<\/a>. Now anyone with a lazy $5 can be a venturer capitalist contributing to great innovations. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Kiva, www.kiva.org<\/a>, transforms ordinary folks into micro-financiers of projects in the developing world.<\/p>\n

I reckon an equivalent funding platform for local social innovation initiatives must be just around the corner.<\/p>\n

The the design and innovation field, there’s no lack of choice for crowd-sourcing platforms: <\/p>\n

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• RedesignMe<\/a><\/strong> – community co-creation<\/li>\n
• Atizo<\/a><\/strong> – open innovation market place<\/li>\n
• Innovation Exchange<\/a><\/strong> – open innovation market place<\/li>\n
• ideaken<\/strong><\/a> – collaborative crowdsourcing<\/li>\n
• Idea Bounty<\/strong><\/a> – crowdsourcing ideas<\/li>\n
• Guerra Creativa<\/strong><\/a> – crowdsourcing anything from logos to websites<\/li>\n
• Brand Tags<\/strong><\/a> – tagging brands<\/li>\n
• Battle of concepts<\/a><\/strong> – student challenges<\/li>\n
• Brainrack<\/a><\/strong> – student challenges<\/li>\n
• crowdSPRING<\/strong><\/a> – creative designs<\/li>\n
• BootB.com<\/strong><\/a> – custom creative ideas for any creative need<\/li>\n
• Myoo Create<\/strong><\/a> – environmental and social challenges<\/li>\n
• 12designer<\/strong><\/a> – marketplace for creative solutions<\/li>\n
• LeadVine<\/strong><\/a> – crowdsourcing lead generation<\/li>\n
• 99designs<\/strong><\/a> – pioneer in design crowdsourcing<\/li>\n
• Edge Amsterdam<\/strong><\/a> – elite sourcing platform<\/li>\n
• OpenIDEO<\/strong><\/a> – collaborative design platform<\/li>\n
• Challenge.gov<\/strong><\/a> – crowdsourced solutions for government problems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  [List from – http:\/\/www.openinnovators.net\/list-open-innovation-crowdsourcing-examples<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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