Today’s Game Changer Spotlight: Innocentive
URL: www.innocentive.com
What: An “open innovation community” founded in 2001, Innocentive applied theories of crowdsourcing and “the wisdom of the crowd” to re-invent how pharmaceutical and other science-based companies acquire and pay for basic research. Innocentive connects “seekers” and “solvers.” The seekers – companies with specific research needs – broadcast their needs to a global network of solvers. Some are chemists with traditional pedigrees. Some are talented citizen scientists. Individual solvers earn cash for their work. Now Innocentive has teamed with SAP to expand the concept to computer science and IT research.
Nominated For: Pattern Change, Business Model, Social Impact
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/off-the-bus/
not sure if I’m filling this out correctly. But I am voting for Off the Bus at Huffington Post. What a great way to experience the Election 08 season. I haven’t felt so many brain cells firing since college!