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Crowdsourcing A Lean Startup

Crowdsourcing A Lean Startup. by Terrance MacGregor . cowtrip.com. Topics. Crowdsourcing – Types Experiences Failures Questions. Crowdsourcing. Creative: 99designs.com pickydomains.com MVP mechanical turks topcoder.com Marketing fiverr.com Crowdfunding kickstarter select6.co.

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Crowdsourcing A Lean Startup

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  1. Crowdsourcing A Lean Startup by Terrance MacGregor

  2. cowtrip.com

  3. Topics • Crowdsourcing – Types • Experiences • Failures • Questions

  4. Crowdsourcing Creative: 99designs.com pickydomains.com MVP mechanical turks topcoder.com Marketing fiverr.com Crowdfunding kickstarter select6.co

  5. Creative 99designs.com - 56 submissions, 8 designers, $295! pickydomains.com $50, domain name selection

  6. MVP mechanical turks huge labor force, ability to carry on simple tasks topcoder.com run contests to build software, build a prototype ushahidi.com very quick mapping tool, with mobile phone: http://ushahidi.bytelion.com/

  7. Tree Experiment

  8. TopCoder.com

  9. Ushahidi.com

  10. Marketing fiverr.com - $5 per gig... amazing! tons of options WARNING - THIS SITE IS ADDICTING! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjPDx1ap2ZQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-jW4gMaxkg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_z8c9GdaaM

  11. Crowdfunding Kickstarter.com Hardware, creative projects, lead crowdfunding power in the us. Selection Criteria? Select6.co New to Market, Still in Beta http://beta.select6.co/projects/cowtrip-com

  12. Failures, Advice, and Stuff Garbage In = Garbage Out No Silver Bullet Mechanical Turks - Results require refinement, planning, and time 99Design.com - Still need creative staff on hand for your product / don’t run a bad contest Can be $$$$ - steer clear of Topcoder.com / Utest for now Fiverr.com - Addiction / Distracting, Still need a plan Kickstarter Failure - They don't do web based technology startups. cowtrip failed! They don't explain why? Nothing beats having a dedicated team!

  13. Questions?

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