Crowdsourcing does not always work and this fact can have disastrous consecuences to some people. In this post (1of 3), I comment the two crowdsourcing processes arised when the Boston Marathon bombing, one led by the FBI and other naturally emerged, each with completely different results.
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Fromlab: a pre-selling crowdfunding example
Pre-sale lending crowdfunding model, in which the funders do not receive rewards, but they buy products before being manufactured, had not yet been used in Spain… until Fromlab appeared. Here you have a brief explanation of this type of crowdfunding and a small interview (a couple of questions) to Mireia Valldecabres, fromlab CEO
May I publish my crowdfunding campaign in different platforms?
When posting a crowdfunding campaign,is it worth publishing on multiple platforms at once? In this way, more money can be collected because more people can be reached… Don’t you think? Well, from my point of view, this simultaneous publishing is not a good idea. The reasons in this post.
Where do the kickstarter funded products go?
The crowdfunding platforms Kickstarter and IndieGogo are used to find funds for very different projects, some really usefull and others more geeks than useful, but any kind of project is being funded. But, ¿where can we buy all these products regardless their geek level? The web site outgrow.me is the answer ot this question
There are more people apart designers angry with creative crowdsourcing
Creative crowdsourcing generates problems not only to designers, but to anyone working in the audiovisual business. I realized about this problem in the ZINC SHOWER, thanks to an interview someone did to me. This post raises a question: what must have, and not have, a creative crowdsourcing platform to be accepted by industry professionals?
Read moreThe ZINC SHOWER is over
The SHOWER ZINC is over. On April the 10th, 11th and 12th this meeting show was held with the presence of the most important crowdsourcing platforms from the national scene: Goteo, SociosInversores, Lánzanos, etc.. My opinion? Pretty good. Here I tell you.