Crowdsourcing: The Next BIG Thing

Amazon Mechanical Turk, ReCAPTCHA, Threadless, 99 Designs, Kickstarter and scores of other interesting startups are built on or are using crowdsourcing. The stock photo, transcription and translation industries have already been completely disrupted by crowdsourcing, and there are many more on the horizon. In this session you will get a basic understanding of what is crowdsourcing, who are the big players and how you can harness the power of the crowd. As the number of internet users rises dramatically in the coming years with the populations of China & India coming online, this is a technology that will find its way into every product and service you use. Get ahead of the crowd by learning about it now. Presented by Russ Hammond, CEO - Gopher Labs Charlotte native; Part-time farmer; Graduate student; Former white water raft guide and ski instructor