We put great store in the benefits of learning how to be BOLD from people who have shown boldness. They innovate and inspire through sharing lessons on how to emulate their own achievements. We have chosen a first selection here in what will be a series of articles on how to act bold and get … Read more
In the seven years since I launched Crowdsourcing Week the Covid-19 pandemic is undoubtedly the biggest, and most awful global phenomenon. The pandemic lockdowns announced by most national governments meant the worldwide pool of available skilled labor grew virtually overnight, across all age groups. How has it affected you? Have your plans been put on … Read more
Welcome to an update of what proved to be a popular article looking at some great open innovation platforms. Innovation is crucial to survive in today’s disruptive and fast moving industrial and commercial landscape. It’s predicted that digital disruption will wipe out at least 40% of businesses in the next decade if they don’t adopt new … Read more
Jobs for skilled freelancers are booming, and it doesn’t matter whether your skill is in marketing, tech, design, law, logistics or accounting. More and more companies are turning to gig platforms to find skilled freelancers to fill a wide array of openings. For existing businesses, it makes sense that companies use outsourcing to increase productivity, … Read more
Prizes can spur all types of innovation and R&D, and the use of prize challenges to accelerate R&D is experiencing a boom. Many organizations and governments around the world are launching prizes to accelerate R&D, and it’s a tool used by the likes of Forbes, Coca-Cola, Toyota, NBC, Facebook, Shell, NextEra Energy, and NASA, to … Read more
In April 2019 a special BOLD Award was made to Maria Ressa, CEO and Executive Editor at RAPPLER, a crowdsourced news network for Philippines.
The first round of online public voting has now ended and we are delighted to share the names of the final nominees in each of the 12 categories of 2020’s annual BOLD Awards. The online votes that were cast will count for 50% of the final decisions, and the introduction of our international panel of … Read more
Crowdsourced networks of citizen scientists contribute data for AI analysis that sets new horizons for professional scientists and researchers
Big things are regularly predicted for the AR/VR sector, though so far the industry hasn’t quite lived up to the hype. Latest predictions include the augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) market is expected to total $18.8 billion in 2020 and then expand exponentially in the coming years. A market expecting such growth deserves looking at. … Read more
We are delighted to announce the second tranche of judges on our international panel to determine the BOLD Awards 2020 winners. Each is an acknowledged leader in their specialist area and we thank them for their involvement. A public round of voting will run from January 24 to February 4, which we hope you will … Read more
We are very grateful for the time that an impressive collection of BOLD Award advisors have been able to set aside in their schedules to help shape up the 2020 edition.
Advertising has without doubt been transformed irrevocably by digital connectivity. Consumer product brands, service providers, organisations of any nature, and even individuals, can become their own media owners. Anyone with access to the internet can create and distribute unique content to generate audiences and build a bespoke following. What does it mean for the empirical … Read more
A growing number of organisations and projects are turning to open innovation challenges. They can generate fresh ideas and solutions from unexpected sources to open the way for sometimes truly transformational breakthroughs. And they can do it faster and at a lower cost than traditional R&D processes. However, the growing popularity of such challenges and … Read more
The existing big players in the financial services market are all transforming their legacy systems and services to the digital ‘always on’ new era. Digital natives who have grown up knowing only the online digital world since at least their early teens are able to start with a blank page and embrace – and even … Read more
Advertising is a business sector that has been significantly transformed by the internet and digital technology. Mass communication used to be controlled by gatekeeper media company owners, and it cost a lot of money to put messages in front of a lot of people. Now, with billions of people connected to each other through social … Read more
BOLD Awards is on a powerful mission to recognize top companies, projects and individuals that are are seen to be managing their crowd-related projects and initiatives in a way that really powers breakthroughs around the world. The BOLD Awards are already open for submissions in 12 categories of business until December 31. A public vote … Read more
Many well-known retail brands have shut down in the past few years. Many others are re-negotiating rent costs to buy time to find ways to cope with pressures of reduced customer footfall, sales figures and profits. This spreads retailers’ challenges to a wider community of corporate owners of retail space and their shareholders – which … Read more
We are well acquainted with the likes of Amazon, eBay, Rakuten and Alibaba – the giants of online retail. These were among the first wave of pioneer disruptors who used the internet to rock the retail boat and make it easy and reliable for us to purchase goods and items from home or the office. … Read more
Ukraine-based company which means that our parents and grandparents lived in the era of infamous Soviet collective farms, where tractors were considered to be an ultimate technology. For them, a smart farm will sound like a fairy tale.
Predictable areas where AI is going to make a swift difference to markets is anything that involves scrutiny of a mass of information
Artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing the way that the consumer and small business financial system works. In the last few years, large investment banks have hired artificial intelligence specialists from the world of academia and put them in charge of their AI divisions. Fintech start-ups have begun using machine-learning algorithms to model credit ratings and … Read more
There’s a new generation of BOLD entrepreneurs stepping forward. They see themselves as change-makers, activists building businesses to save the planet. Like Greta Thunberg, they recognise that time is running out. Annoyed by what they see as ‘corporate inertia’, they’re creating breakthrough ‘change-maker business’. These change-makers are part of the Sharing Economy, but not the … Read more
Projections show that feeding an estimated world population of 9.1 billion people in 2050 will require raising overall food production by some 70% from 2005/07 levels, reported the High Level Expert Forum – How to Feed the World in 2050. This prompts an imminent need to maximize the food supply through both traditional field production … Read more
By Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey, co-founders of Barefoot Wines and co-authors of the New York Times bestselling business book, The Barefoot Spirit: How Hardship, Hustle, and Heart Built America’s #1 Wine Brand. When humans listen to a story something amazing happens. Each individual in a crowd reaches into their own personal memories to create … Read more
Many global corporations use open innovation challenges keep in touch with bold innovation and breakthroughs, and to meet tomorrow’s top talent.
The 2020 BOLD Awards, created by Crowdsourcing Week, will build on 2019’s inaugural event to bring together the cream of the crowd economy sector to celebrate the achievements of some of its finest exponents and champions. About the event The black-tie Gala Dinner award ceremony represents the Oscars for industries such as the crowdsourcing, open … Read more
Tipalti’s automated payables process helps clients of all sizes increase profit by reducing payment errors and automating the process of large transactions.
crowd-engineering platform enabling corporations, SMEs, and start-ups to scale resources and tackle engineering and hardware challenges
Mathesia is a global crowdsourcing-based innovation platform based in Italy, that brings together a highly specialised crowd of around 3,000 vetted mathematicians and data scientists from around the world. Since it launched in 2014, Mathesia’s focus has been to help clients solve problems through generating prize challenges to tackle from a mathematical perspective. This doesn’t … Read more
We are now quite used to seeing the disruption that’s taking place in many marketplaces due to the combination of new technology and mass connectivity in the hands of visionary startups, unencumbered by the ‘rules’ of established business models. Though how about when a global corporation is bold enough to disrupt itself? This is what … Read more
Shining a spotlight on BOLD and breakthrough projects in crowdsourcing, open innovation and related-technology sectors, the winners in 12 categories plus three special awards were announced at the inaugural annual BOLD Awards held on Friday April 5th. The prestigious international BOLD Award scheme was created by Crowdsourcing Week, which provides insight, information and events for … Read more
Equity crowdfunding allows ordinary people who are not high net worth individuals to gain a stake in venture-capital-like investment opportunities
Primary industry is starting to sit up and take notice of the value delivered by crowdsourcing to validate concepts at low risk, solve complex challenges, find new innovative suppliers and automate work. Industrial leaders are emerging with sustainable new business models that include crowdsourcing and they are able to clearly demonstrate the value that it … Read more
The gala dinner ceremony to announce the 12 category winners of this year’s inaugural annual BOLD Awards will be held on the campus of H-FARM. It is an innovation platform which supports and accelerates the creation of new startup businesses, as well as the digital transformation of more established Italian companies and the education of … Read more
While some industries have already realized the potential of crowdsourcing, others have not yet been impacted. Kickstarter innovated the world of fundraising, allowing entrepreneurs to connect with capital from all around the world. Websites like Fiverr use crowdsourcing for design and marketing solutions. Wikipedia employed the power of the crowd to create a digital encyclopedia. … Read more
Over the past decade, the field of artificial intelligence (AI) has seen striking developments. There are now dozens of domains in which AI programs are performing at least as well as (if not better than) humans. Crowdsourcing on the other end has matured and reached a certain saturation; and while companies and organizations do see … Read more
Many successful businesses reach a stage where transformational expansion to take it to the next level, whether that might be developing the next version of a product or setting up a Sales and Marketing team, can’t be funded fast enough through sales income. Equity crowdfunding, through which backers invest in businesses for a share of the equity, has opened a door for a new generation of entrepreneurs.
It’s easy to forget that the Internet was once all open. Rather, the Internet has been in a continuous cycle of highly-structured portals and free-flowing information. The initial platforms, like BBS boards, gave way to walled gardens like America OnLine. AOL’s drop in popularity lead to an open field again, and the last decade brought … Read more
The pace of change, the disruption of business and social conventions enabled by new technology, has accelerated beyond the point where traditional educators can agree and implement relevant courses of study
