Crowdsourcing is definitely an interesting concept, and there have been a few successes and a few failures over the past couple of years. One of the most interesting was Cambrian House, a platform for crowdsourcing business ideas. Conceptually, it was very cool. And although it has not survived in its initial incarnation, it was an experiment that had to happen. I'm grateful to have been one of the participants in the community, because it has opened up several possibilities that I would never have been aware of otherwise. However, it is time to make way for something better.
VenCorps (currently in Alpha) is up and coming.
"VenCorps brings together the power of collaborative innovation and venture capital VenCorps taps into the global community to discover, fund and grow cost-efficient startups with world-changing ideas. VenCorps connects founders, funders and facilitators together in a community of shared interest: startup success.
VenCorps is a program of Spencer Trask Collaborative Venture Partners. Winners of the VenCorps Startup Showdowns will receive funds anchored by Spencer Trask along with founders, funders and facilitators."
I've already started to get involved, and can't wait to see what comes out of it. Already I'm seeing this as a distillation of the ideas that were tried with Cambrian House into a much more powerful system.
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