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Examples
Intermediary Platforms
- Innocentive – open innovation problem solving
- TekScout – crowdsourcing R&D solutions
- Fellowforce – innovation challenge board covering many disciplines
- IdeaConnection – idea marketplace and problem solving
- Yet2.com – IP market place
- Ninesigma – technology problem solving
- Innovation Exchange – open innovation market place
- Open Innovation Gmbh/Battle of concepts – challenge boards
Innovation Services
- Big Idea Group – organize innovation contests and idea hunts
- spigit Enterprise – stimulate innovation and intrapreneurship
- Idea Crossing – organize innovation quests
- Sense Worldwide – tap into the global creative R&D network
- Pharmalicensing – open innovation for the life sciences
- Inkling Markets – use wisdom of the crowd for forecasting
- HumanGrid – small online tasks solving
Platforms for entrepreneurs
- CambrianHouse – entrepreneurship 2.0 community
- Incuby – online community for inventors
- spigit Innovation – peer review of business ideas
- Ideawicket – open innovation portal
- WhyNot – idea exchange
- IdeaBlob – monthly contest for entrepreneurial ideas
Freelance platforms
- odesk – global marketplace for remote work
- elance – freelancers
- Guru – freelancers
- Ki Work – sourcing online work
- Amazon Mechanical Turk – low-cost crowdsourcing
Creative
- Spreadshirt – shirt community
- Threadless – create and sell your tshirts
- Naked&Angry – threadless for ties and wallcoverings
- cafepress – shop, create or sell what’s on your mind
- zazzle – create and sell mechanding products
- Sellaband – crowdfunded bands
- Artistshare – fans funding new artists
- co.labr8 – creative crowdsourcing platform
- TopCoder – programming competitions
- IStockPhoto – user-generated photos
P2P Crowdsourcing Platforms
- Yahoo Answers – crowdsourced Q&A
- BrainReactions – online, open brainstorming
Corporate Initiatives
Product Ideas
- 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
- Staples Invention Quest – idea contest
- Kraft – innovate with Kraft
- GameChanger – Shell’s corporate venturing
- Henkel Innovation Trophy – idea competition
- Creative Conversion Factory – collaboration in design and ICT
- IBM ThinkPlace – idea generation and collaboration
- InnovationJam* – IBM’s more internally focussed idea generation project
- Cool Software – Intel’s sensing platform
- Dell IdeaStorm – external idea sourcing
- Vocalpoint – P&G’s network for women
Branding
- Spreadshirt Logo Design Contest – let community design new logo
- Gmail M-Velope Video Competition – viral video competition
Product Design
- Nintendo Wiiware – nintendo embraces crowdsourcing
- LEGO Factory – LEGO co-creation tool
- Peugeot – Peugeot’s design contest
- Nespresso – design contest for coffee machines
- Muji – improving and suggesting new designs
- Electrolux Design Lab – annual design competition for students
- Fluevog – open shoe design
Open source
- LEGO Mindstorms – open source robots
- BurdaStyle – open source sewing
- GoldCorp – the famous GoldCorp Challenge
Data collection & analysis
- ESP Game/Google Image Labeler – crowdsourced image labeling
Peer Production
- CrowdSpirit – product development 2.0
- Linux – open source software
- Wikipedia – peer produced encyclopedia
- A Swarm of Angels – creating a £ 1 million film
- …
Public sector
Universities
- iBridge Network – platform for university innovation (iBridge)
- Science Commons – generic license agreements (Science Commons)
Miscellaneous
- Picnic Green Challenge – ideas to save the planet
- Eureke medical – medical open innovation platform
- German Catholic Church – catholic church adopts open innovation
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Examples
Intermediary Platforms
- Innocentive – open innovation problem solving
- TekScout – crowdsourcing R&D solutions
- Fellowforce – innovation challenge board covering many disciplines
- IdeaConnection – idea marketplace and problem solving
- Yet2.com – IP market place
- Ninesigma – technology problem solving
- Innovation Exchange – open innovation market place
- Open Innovation Gmbh/Battle of concepts – challenge boards
Innovation Services
- Big Idea Group – organize innovation contests and idea hunts
- spigit Enterprise – stimulate innovation and intrapreneurship
- Idea Crossing – organize innovation quests
- Sense Worldwide – tap into the global creative R&D network
- Pharmalicensing – open innovation for the life sciences
- Inkling Markets – use wisdom of the crowd for forecasting
- HumanGrid – small online tasks solving
Platforms for entrepreneurs
- CambrianHouse – entrepreneurship 2.0 community
- Incuby – online community for inventors
- spigit Innovation – peer review of business ideas
- Ideawicket – open innovation portal
- WhyNot – idea exchange
- IdeaBlob – monthly contest for entrepreneurial ideas
Freelance platforms
- odesk – global marketplace for remote work
- elance – freelancers
- Guru – freelancers
- Ki Work – sourcing online work
- Amazon Mechanical Turk – low-cost crowdsourcing
Creative
- Spreadshirt – shirt community
- Threadless – create and sell your tshirts
- Naked&Angry – threadless for ties and wallcoverings
- cafepress – shop, create or sell what’s on your mind
- zazzle – create and sell mechanding products
- Sellaband – crowdfunded bands
- Artistshare – fans funding new artists
- co.labr8 – creative crowdsourcing platform
- TopCoder – programming competitions
- IStockPhoto – user-generated photos
P2P Crowdsourcing Platforms
- Yahoo Answers – crowdsourced Q&A
- BrainReactions – online, open brainstorming
Corporate Initiatives
Product Ideas
- 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
- Staples Invention Quest – idea contest
- Kraft – innovate with Kraft
- GameChanger – Shell’s corporate venturing
- Henkel Innovation Trophy – idea competition
- Creative Conversion Factory – collaboration in design and ICT
- IBM ThinkPlace – idea generation and collaboration
- InnovationJam* – IBM’s more internally focussed idea generation project
- Cool Software – Intel’s sensing platform
- Dell IdeaStorm – external idea sourcing
- Vocalpoint – P&G’s network for women
Branding
- Spreadshirt Logo Design Contest – let community design new logo
- Gmail M-Velope Video Competition – viral video competition
Product Design
- Nintendo Wiiware – nintendo embraces crowdsourcing
- LEGO Factory – LEGO co-creation tool
- Peugeot – Peugeot’s design contest
- Nespresso – design contest for coffee machines
- Muji – improving and suggesting new designs
- Electrolux Design Lab – annual design competition for students
- Fluevog – open shoe design
Open source
- LEGO Mindstorms – open source robots
- BurdaStyle – open source sewing
- GoldCorp – the famous GoldCorp Challenge
Data collection & analysis
- ESP Game/Google Image Labeler – crowdsourced image labeling
Peer Production
- CrowdSpirit – product development 2.0
- Linux – open source software
- Wikipedia – peer produced encyclopedia
- A Swarm of Angels – creating a £ 1 million film
- …
Public sector
Universities
- iBridge Network – platform for university innovation (iBridge)
- Science Commons – generic license agreements (Science Commons)
Miscellaneous
- Picnic Green Challenge – ideas to save the planet
- Eureke medical – medical open innovation platform
- German Catholic Church – catholic church adopts open innovation
Tip us about other initiatives:
contact@openinnovators.net
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