| Oct-08-12 |
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Europe Business Review - How to Innovate Faster with Social Media
"The IdeaRally is a really good example of building a one-off social network and giving it a push in a direction without trying to control the conversation," said Paul Wagorn, VP Business Development at IdeaConnection. "We get hundreds of people with a common interest and give them a platform where they can have an open discussion and come up with ideas and solutions that wouldn't have been realized on a one-to-one or one-to-many sort of relationship."
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| Sep-10-12 |
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Companies Are Scared of Open Innovation – and Other Insights
Scott Wurtele, the founder of IdeaConnection has been around ever since the open innovation movement started. In this interview, he shares his experiences, insights and foresights. One is that he believes companies are still scared of open innovation and not acting enough to realize the full potential.
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| Aug-15-12 |
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How to Crowdsource Without Being a Jerk – Or an Idiot
Very few people have a problem with the top end of the contest crowdwourcing market, which tends to add unique value with sites like IdeaConnection and Xprize.
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| 2012 |
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Scientific American WorldView 2012
Page 66: Canadian Confidential. Imagine that your biotechnology business is facing a challenge that you don't know how to solve. Maybe you'd like to turn to open innovation by putting together a brainstorming team to bounce around ideas, but you also need to protect the confidentiality of the project. Then you're just the sort of client who calls on IdeaConnection in British Columbia.
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| Jun-05-12 |
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Open Innovation Similarities and Differences between B2B and B2C Companies
Service providers such as NineSigma, InnoCentive and IdeaConnection focus on challenge-driven innovation in which they help companies (seekers) connect with individuals as well as other companies (solvers) in order to get their problems solved.
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| Apr-18-12 |
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Entrepreneurs, 3PLs, and Angel Investors: Kick-starting the Make Economy
"Crowdsourcing" is transforming the way entrepreneurs (as well as established companies) develop new products. P&G's Connect + Develop, IdeaConnection, and Quirky are just a few examples of crowdsourcing in action.
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| 2011 |
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Crowdsourcing
Steps for Working with IdeaConnection. Page 129.
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| Dec-14-11 |
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Little Business Won't Hurt – and It May Help
There are dozens of innovation blogs, but I would recommend two email newsletters, Innovation Week and Idea Connection.
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| Oct-31-11 |
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Desperately seeking germplasm
Thanks to Cary for pointing out this interesting request on IdeaConnection, which is basically an online market-place for crowdsourcing solutions to R&D problems.
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| Mar-2010 |
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Cash for Thinkers
Serial entrepreneur Scott Wurtele of Vancouver, Canada, formed IdeaConnection three years ago in hopes of capitalizing on "open innovation" – the practice of tapping outside expertise to develop new products or solutions.
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| May-16-07 |
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Trading on the mind market – buying and selling innovation
In many ways it's a dream come true – IdeaConnection is quite seriously offering a penny for your thoughts. The newly launched website is marketing itself as a trading ground for ideas; allowing users to post problems and handpick a team of thinkers varied in age, experience, location and field of expertise to work on the solution.
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