SoFi: Crowdfunding Student Debt
SoFi is a non-bank lender leveraging crowdfunding to transform student loan markets
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Quirky to a Fault
Quirky was the crowdsourcing innovation platform of the future, until it wasn't
ShopShareCrop: How to support a closed food loop economy
ShopShareCrop presents a crowdsourcing solutions for grabbing those last-minute grocery items – without the excess fees of Instacart.
Betabrand: Because the Market Demands Bicycle Suits
Yoga pants that double as dress pants? Reflective blazers for biking to work? “Executive” hoodies with pinstripes and cuffs, or “Academic” hoodies with tweed and elbow patches? “Sock Insurance” in case the laundry eats one of yours? If the market demands…
Kiva: A crowdlending twist on traditional microfinance
Kiva utilizes an innovative peer-to-peer crowdlending platform to enable budding entrepreneurs across the globe to access the funds they need to help themselves out of poverty.
Gogobot – The New Yelp?
Gogobot is the go-to place for personalized recommendations for the best places to eat, sleep, drink or explore. Have a few hours to kill in a new location and want to experience the best local spots? Gogobot may be your […]
VerbalizeIt – Emerging from Failure
How human powered translation on the go is emerging from failure
Can crowdfunding cure cancer?
Despite remarkable scientific progress in recent decades, current funding models for projects in early-stage drug development and climate change have failed. These projects tend to be expensive, risky, and lengthy. Andrew Lo and his colleagues at MIT suggest that crowdfunding and financial engineering can provide the solution to this funding problem.
NASA is Getting Crowdy and Saving us from Asteroids
Crowd sourcing the hunt for potentially dangerous asteroids.
DLife: Facilitated Network for Diabetes Patients
DLife is a social network of sorts connecting diabetes patients with one another to share knowledge and information about managing the disease – but does sharing medical advice go too far?