Yelp: An old dog may need a new trick soon
Yelp was an early, prominent pioneer of online crowd-sourcing, but now that it’s established, the value creation vs value capture balance might be off for its most loyal users.
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Songkick: A winner in exploiting streaming behavior to maximize revenues to the music industry
Concert discovery app Songkick is helping improve monetization of the offline side of the music business, by leveraging information from the fans online behavior.
TILT: Taking the Hassle out of Group Fund Collection
Tilt, a P2P payment platform answers the struggles of group funding by taking the risk off the contributor and the administrative burden off the organizer.
Kickstarter: kicking the habit of turning to angel investors
Entrepreneurs raise funds via Kickstarter, and in doing so attract more contributors, who in turn make it an even more appealing platform