Beyond Crowdsourcing (Part 2)

By Angela Brennan Are companies using crowdsourcing to make money? Yes, and it’s a fascinating story. Companies that our fathers worked at (that we envision being like those on “Mad Men”) functioned like vaults and protected their information,...

Beyond Crowdsourcing (Part 1)

By Angela Brennan What does “crowdsourcing” really mean, what has it led to, and where is it going? Let’s start with Wikipedia’s (perhaps the ultimate crowdsource example) view: Crowdsourcing has been defined as the practice of obtaining needed...

Best “Waze” To Be An Entrepreneur

Waze has been around since 2008, but it became a news headline this week when rumours circulated that it may soon be acquired by Facebook for $1 billion [here’s one news story; there are many]. In a happy coincidence, the founder of Waze, Uri Levine, happened to...