Kickstarter Pulls Plug on Campaign After Backers’ Claims of Fraud

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

What Motivates the Crowd to Participate? Every day, people face thousands of choices on how to spend their time on the web. Given the huge amount of options that people have to allocate their time, why do a growing number of people participate on crowdsourcing sites? Dwolla Partners with Fiverr, …

The Advance of Democratic Energy

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

The #1 solar utility – in Iowa?  Check out the latest from our Local Energy Rules podcast, where we interview the general manager of a small cooperative utility that’s setting records for solar per customer, and customer participation in local clean energy.  Also, I was on KFAI radio in Minneapolis this morning …

crowdsourcing.org: Luis von Ahn’s Duolingo Makes Splash with CNN, BuzzFeed Partnerships

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Wednesday, October 16 Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS Duolingo Community Now Translating CNN, BuzzFeed Articles — Crowdsourcing translation and language learning company Duolingo announced this week that it’s partnering up with media outlets CNN and BuzzFeed to translate content into French, Spanish, and Portuguese. We take a look at Duolingo’s …

Is the European Commission on Track to Develop EU Crowdfunding Rules?

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

  Wednesday, October 9 Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS   European Commission Soliciting Comments on Crowdfunding — We look into the latest move by the European Commission, a legislative body, to solicit comments on crowdfunding, and why the move is not necessarily a big deal, just yet. …

IBM’s Internal Crowdfunding Initiative Promotes Employee Innovation

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Wednesday, September 25 Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS IBM’s Internal Crowdfunding Rewards Employee Innovation — We take a look at an internal IBM program that makes use of crowdfunding to help Big Blue stay innovative. The initiative was first implemented during summer 2012. Since then, it’s been tried at two …

Prevention versus Crisis Management in Syria

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

We at Ethical Markets support  this Statement  by our colleague, Rick Ulfick , Founder of We The World  –  Hazel Henderson, Editor  Prevention versus Crisis Management in Syria Nonviolent Approaches that can Prevent and Potentially Resolve Conflicts such as in Syria Commentary by Rick Ulfik Founder of We, The World and the WE Campaign at WE.net …

Mass Solution Nyc 2013: LEGO to Keynote Massolution NYC 2013 Conference

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

LEGO to Keynote Massolution NYC 2013 Conference — We’re very excited to announce that Troels Lange Andersen of LEGO will be the keynote speaker at the Massolution NYC 2013: Crowd-Powered Business conference! Andersen will speak about how crowd-powered business is rewriting the rules for the new enterprise. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS How Crowdfunding …

Crowdsourcing.org: Massolution NYC 2013: A Sneak Peek from Carl Esposti

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS Massolution NYC 2013: A Sneak Peek From Massolution CEO Carl Esposti — At Massolution NYC 2013, which will be held September 18 & 19 at the W Hotel in midtown Manhattan, senior executives from Fortune 1000 enterprises, government agencies, and leading crowdsourcing platforms will gather to learn …

[HIP] 3 Ways to Reduce Risk in Your Portfolio; HIP100’s 4th Birthday; Illuminating Events

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

    IN THIS ISSUE: I. Building a Forward-Looking Portfolio and a Better World; 4 Years of the HIP100:  The HIP100 Portfolio now has a 4-year track record. See how a HIP-weighted approach can add resiliency, increase positive benefit for society and seek to realize your goals for potential impact + …

CrowdSourcing.org: The Costs and Benefits of Open Innovation

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Open Innovation — What are the costs and benefits of open innovation? We spoke to industry experts to find out what the less obvious costs and benefits are, and how to maximize the potential of an open innovation campaign. …