Carl from the great Crowdsourcing directory blog wrote an interesting article on crowdspirit. Carl is well summarizing the expectations around our project because “it will be an important testcase to show if, and to what extent, Crowdsourcing can be used to turn ideas into real products“.

Is last question is “Is Crowdsourcing the next industrial revolution? I think this will depend on how entrepreneurial spirit is integrated with the ideas of the crowds.” And you….what is your opinion ?
Best regards,

Lionel David, Crowdspirit Founder

I will have the chance to participate as presenter to the Internet Retailer 2007 in London, UK where I will introduce CrowdSpirit. Here is the teaser of my presentation “Web 2.0 has seen a massive amount of content generated online in the form of blogs, videos, wikis and user-generated product reviews. This is just the tip of Web 2.0 and only the start of what can be achieved by the power of the online crowd. Crowdsourcing, literally outsourcing to the crowd, is seen by analysts as the next industrial revolution. By examining current and future projects, this presentation explains how companies are starting to harness this collaborative intelligence for economic gain“.

Last year participants include : “ Adams Childrenswear, Amazon Services, Ann Summers, Apple, Arcadia Group, Austin Reed, BAA, Barclays Bank, BBC, Bhs, Carphone Warehouse, Charles Tyrwhitt, Chickenshop.co.uk, dabs.com, Direct Wines, Disney Store Europe, DSG International, Early Learning Centre, El Corte Ingles, Endsleigh Insurance, Gadgetshop, Google, Harvey Nichols, Hawkin’s Bazaar, Hitachi, HMV, House of Fraser, I Want One of Those, Jessops, John Lewis, kiddicare.com, Lastminute.com, Marks and Spencer, Matalan, Muji, Paperchase, Play.com, Sainsburys, Sears Holdings, Tesco Direct, The National Trust, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Tile Depot, tooled-up.com, Travelocity, UrbanRetro.co.uk, Virgin Retail, Woolworths.” Not too bad
Best regards

Lionel David, CrowdSpirit Founder