Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding Explained - YouTube - Aurora. The Year in Crowdsourcing - Predictions Come True & the Future - Aurora. Last year around this time our own Carl Esposti sat down with George Washington University professor David Alan Grier and asked him to predict where crowdsourcing would be in a year.
Now that year has elapsed and we've seen Grier's predictions come through (and then some), so I spoke with him again for our From the Crowd podcast to review where the industry stands and where it's heading in 2013. Listen to or download the brief podcast below, or review the transcript at the bottom of this post: Download this episode (right click and save) (Check out the previous installment of From the Crowd, and don't forget our other weekly podcast, The Crowded Room, where we look at the week's hottest crowdsourced projects and campaigns.)
David Alan Grier: Thank you, I'm very pleased to be part of it. What Can Crowdfunding Bring to Latin America? - Aurora. Editor's Note: The following comes to us from Juan Sebastian Torres, director of Colombian crowdfunding platform La Chèvre.
Torres writes in to explain how, he hopes, crowdfunding will change Latin America in the new year and beyond. According to data in the Crowdfunding Industry Report published in May 2012 and Consumo Colaborativo’s directory, South America (excluding Brazil) has fewer than ten crowdfunding platforms, Argentina being home to most of them.
Being involved in this emerging industry (I am the director of La Chèvre, a Colombian crowdfunding platform), however, I can say there will be drastic changes in the coming months. Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding - The Industry Website - Aurora.