Solve problems for enjoyment, and the potential to earn thousands of dollars for accepted solutions.

How it Works

Companies post challenges with IdeaConnection. Register as a Problem Solver by clicking the link at the bottom of this page to help solve these challanges. You can be awarded $500 to $20,000 USD, for an accepted solution. As of Nov-20-09, the average award for working collaboratively on a challenge is $5,500 USD per team member.

Twenty Challenges

Today multiple teams are working on approximately 20 challenges. Awards range from $2,500 to $12,500 per Problem Solver. There are approximately two new challenges a week. All challenges are confidential.

Invitation to Solve

Registered Problem Solvers are invited by email to solve problems. Once you agree to work on a problem, you are given the details of the challenge, and are introduced to your team members. Teams are made up of 3 to 4 of your peers and assigned a Facilitator. Each team is given an online ThinkSpace™ where you can communicate with each other, enter and update ideas, and ask questions of the Seeker.

You will meet with your team online at least once a week, but you can enter your ideas and solutions at any time. Typically, one team members is chosen to write up the solution that is presented to the Seeker.

Benefits

There are a vast array of problem types: electrical, mechanical, chemical, medical, nanotechnology, virtual reality, manufacturing, design, etc. Problem Solvers are needed in all these areas and more. This is a great opportunity to augment your income by working part-time in your spare time, or as a freelancer. And you can accept only the projects that interest you.

It's also a great place to meet new people in your field and share in the excitement of creating new solutions.

"We were very impressed by each other's skills that were perfectly complimentary for this task," Harper says. "We seemed to be able to cover all the bases with very few gaps in our knowledge – and kudos to Paul Wagorn and Scott Wurtele because they realized exactly what the project needed."
– Bernis Harper, PhD

Problem Solver Interviews

[READ] what some of our Team members have to say about working collaboratively with IdeaConnection Solvers.

Note: Problems available to be solved, problems being worked on and problems already solved are all confidential and are not available for public viewing.

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