Angie’s List: The Original in Crowd-Sourced Reviews
For over 20 years, Angie's List has leveraged technology to help homeowners make wise purchasing decisions, but does the company have staying power?
For over 20 years, Angie's List has leveraged technology to help homeowners make wise purchasing decisions, but does the company have staying power?
Beauty products for the crowd by the crowd.
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When I lived in New York, I used to walk into my favorite Starbucks shop and always see a healthy stock of Jones Soda in the small refrigerated section near the cash register. Waiting in line, I would peruse through […]
Ancestry.com uses a combination of technology, historical archives, DNA testing and the contributions of members to help amateur genealogists trace their family histories. Ancestry has over 2.5M paying subscribers and over 20Bn records dating back to the 13th century that […]
“Be guided by the crowd, not ruled by it.” -Steve Lohr, NYT Business of Technology Writer
What happens when crowds lead you places you don't want to go?
Launched as an internal initiative to boost innovation within a stagnating company, Lego Ideas has successfully engaged Lego’s community of users to help it generate new product ideas.