Crowdsourcing A Lean Startup

by Terrance MacGregor @

Topics

● Crowdsourcing● Examples / Failures● Summary

CrowdsourcingCreative:99designs.compickydomains.com

MVPmechanical turkstopcoder.com

Marketingfiverr.com

Crowdfundingkickstarterselect6.co

Creative99designs.com - 56 submissions, 8 designers, $295!

pickydomains.com $50, domain name selection

MVP

mechanical turkshuge labor force, ability to carry on simple tasks

topcoder.com run constests to build software, build a prototype

ushahidi.comvery quick mapping tool, with mobile phone: http://ushahidi.bytelion.com/

Marketing

fiverr.com - $5 per gig... amazing! tons of optionsWARNING - THIS SITE IS ADDICTING!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjPDx1ap2ZQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-jW4gMaxkg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_z8c9GdaaM

CrowdfundingNew Ground / Pitfalls

Kickstarter.comHardware, creative projects, lead crowdfunding power in the us. Selection Criteria?

Select6.co (Minorities/Veteran Crowdsourcing)New to Market, Still in Beta

Failures, Advice, and Stuff

Crap In = Crap OutNo Silver Bullet

Mechanical Turks - Results require refinement, planning, and time

99Design.com - Still need creative staff on hand for your product

MVP - Using Topcoder.com to build a bootstrap startup.. it is expensive!

Testing - UTest - Expensive!

Fiverr.com - Addiction / Distracting, Still need a plan

Kickstarter Failure - They don't do web based technology startups. cowtrip failed! They don't explain why?

Questions?