Examples

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Intermediary Platforms

Research & Development platforms

• Innocentive - open innovation problem solving
• TekScout - crowdsourcing R&D solutions
• IdeaConnection - idea marketplace and problem solving
• Yet2.com - IP market place
• PRESANS (beta) - connect and solve R&D problems
• Hypios - online problem solving
• Innoget - research intermediary platform
• NineSigma - technology problem solving

Marketing & Design platforms

• RedesignMe - community co-creation
• Atizo - open innovation market place
• Innovation Exchange - open innovation market place
• Idea Bounty - crowdsourcing ideas
• Guerra Creativa - crowdsourcing anything from logos to websites
• Brand Tags - tagging brands
• Battle of concepts - student challenges
• crowdSPRING - creative designs
• LeadVine - crowdsourcing lead generation

Collective Intelligence & Prediction platforms

• Inkling Markets - use wisdom of the crowd for forecasting
• Intrade - global prediction markets
• NewsFutures - collective intelligence markets
• Ushahidi - crowdsourcing crisis information
• We Are Hunted - the online music chart
• ESP Game/Google Image Labeler - crowdsourced image labeling

HR & Freelancers platforms

• TopCoder - competition-based software crowdsourcing
• Spudaroo - crowdsourcing copywriting
• HumanGrid - small online task solving
• ChumBonus - crowdsourcing recruitment
• Amazon Mechanical Turk - low-cost crowdsourcing

Open innovation software

• spigit - idea management 2.0
• Imaginatik - collective intelligence software
• Fellowforce - software/suggestion box 2.0

Intermediary open innovation services

• Big Idea Group - organize innovation contests and idea hunts
• Idea Crossing - organize innovation quests
• Pharmalicensing - open innovation for the life sciences
• Chaordix - crowdsourcing engine for innovation
• Exnovate - The Network of Excellence on Open & Collaborative Innovation

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Creative Co-creation

• Spreadshirt - shirt community
• JuJups - personalized gifts
• Threadless - create and sell your t-shirts
• Naked&Angry - threadless for ties and wall coverings
• cafepress - shop, create or sell what’s on your mind
• zazzle - create and sell products
• CreateMyTattoo - crowdsourced tattoo design
• Sellaband – crowdfunded bands
• Artistshare – fans funding new artists
• Dream Heels - design your dream heels

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Corporate Initiatives

Product Ideas crowdsourcing

• Open Innovation Sara Lee - open innovation portal of Sara Lee
• P&G Open Innovation Challenge - external idea sourcing in Britain
• Ideas4Unilever - corporate venturing
• BMW Customer Innovation Lab - in german
• LeadUsers.nl & Live Simplicity - Philips’ crowdsourcing platforms
• Kraft - innovate with Kraft
• InnovationJam* - IBM’s more internally focussed idea generation project
• Dell IdeaStorm - external idea sourcing
• Vocalpoint - P&G’s network for women
• Betavine - Vodafone’s mobile app community
• My Startbucks Idea - shaping the future of Starbucks

Branding & Design crowdsourcing

• Spreadshirt Logo Design Contest - let community design new logo
• Gmail M-Velope Video Competition - viral video competition
• LEGO Factory - LEGO co-creation tool
• Peugeot - Peugeot’s design contest
• Muji - improving and suggesting new designs
• Electrolux Design Lab - annual design competition for students
• Fluevog - open shoe design
• LEGO Mindstorms - open source robots
• BurdaStyle - open source sewing
• GoldCorp - the famous GoldCorp Challenge

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Peer Production

• CrowdSpirit - product development 2.0
• Linux - open source software
• Wikipedia - peer produced encyclopedia
• Yahoo Answers - crowdsourced Q&A
• A Swarm of Angels - creating a £ 1 million film
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Public Crowdsourcing

• iBridge Network - platform for university innovation (iBridge)
• Science Commons - generic license agreements (Science Commons)
• Picnic Green Challenge - ideas to save the planet
• Eureke medical - medical open innovation platform
• German Catholic Church - catholic church adopts open innovation
• Fold it - solve puzzles for science
• Ideas Campaign - citizen ideas in Ireland
• Galaxy Zoo - discovering the universe

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