24 posts tagged Cambrian House

Goodbye Cambrian House? So it looks like one of the pioneers of the crowdsourcing movement, Cambrian House is on the way out. Personally I put this down to 2 things: - 1. Crowdsourcing =/= Lead User Innovation (and it's relative - prosumption) 2.

Cambrian House, the poster-boys of Crowdsourcing are essentially dead - assets being sold in a garage sale for a fraction of what investors put in. TechCrunch and Mark Evans speculate the House collapsed due to poor execution. Of course.. in fact they were doomed to fail, and it was obvious ever since the 1000 pizzas episode.

Today TechCrunch reported that Cambrian House (a leader in crowdsourcing) has been sold to Spencer Trask and will form a new company called VenCorps. Sources inside Cambrian House have denied that the company has been sold and point to a New York Times article, about the company that points out the opposites.

Online Collaboration Tool - Vyew Written by on May 9th, 2008 in General Life, Technology, Cambrian House, online collaboration. No Comments I’ve always been interested in the collaboration tools available on the internet. I’ve also always felt that there had to be something better out there.

[cross-posted from radicaltrust.ca] Raising funds for this year’s Terry Fox run or Pink Ribbon campaign is no longer limited to your door knocking abilities. From Facebook apps asking you to “chip in” to crowd-sourcing real-world solutions, the ability to tap the wealth and knowledge of your social network may just be the solution you’re looking for.

Spark 31 - April 2 & 5,2008 Topic: Amber MacArthur, Amber's Shows, Main Hosts, Spark, Spark 31 - April 2 & 5,2008| No Comments » To watch or download the video for this episode or to leave a comment, click on the image above and this will take you to the Spark site on CBC.ca Read the

crowdSPRING Enters Crowded Field Of Crowdsourcing with $5,000 Prize (Invites) Submitted by Disha on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 23:16. cambrian house co founder collaborative approach crowd design ideas graphic design intellectual property protections janitor launch marketing materials ottawa private beta prizes

By BOB TEDESCHI | New York Times IF executives are going to rely on the wisdom of the masses for business help, it’s probably time the masses get a little compensation for it. That’s the theory behind Kluster, the newest in a lineup of companies using the Web to channel the collective wisdom of strangers into meaningful business strategies.

Phew, I am done! We had over 120 submissions for the Agile 2008 “Leadership and Teams” stage which is a great response. However at about 5-10 minutes each to read the bio’s, proposal and submit a review it adds up to a large evaluation effort.

Jeff Howe or Wired magazine coined the word Crowdsourcing in 2006 saying “Crowdsourcing represents the act of a company or institution taking a function once performed by employees and outsourcing it to an undefined (and generally large) network of people in the form of an open call.” since then many people have found ways to expand the definition of Crowdsourcing.