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Ultra Light Startups Boston: Crowdsourcing

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (ET)

Boston, MA

Ultra Light Startups Boston: Crowdsourcing

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Ultra Light Startups Boston: Crowdsourcing


Topics:

  • What is crowdsourcing and what are the benefits?
  • What companies are using the model? How are they saving money? What results are they achieving? 
  • What is decentralized intelligence and how can it improve businesses?
  • Why is crowdsourcing a disruptive business model?
  • How do feedback loops help to produce better products?
  • What are the advantages/disadvantages?
  • What are the most effective ways to build communities?
  • How can companies utilize crowdsourcing to develop new products?
  • How can crowdsourcing be used to get to market quicker?

Agenda:

6:00 - 6:30 : Open Doors/Open bar

6:30 - 6:45 : Introduction to Group

6:45 - 7:15 : Pitches/Demos

7:15 - 8:00 : Panel Discussion

8:00 - 9:00 : Open Bar/Networking

Panelists:

  • Doron Reuveni, CEO & Co-Founder of uTest [Crowdsourced Software/Application Testing]
  • John B. Rogers, CEO & Co-Founder of Local Motors [New American car company, crowdsourcing car design]
  • Jay Batson, Co-Founder of Acquia [Open Source Drupal]
  • Peter LaMotte, Director of Marketing for GeniusRocket [Crowdsourced marketing and advertising collateral]

Moderator:

Event is in collaboration with the BU Entrepreneurs and College Mogul, a blog that provides resources for first time entrepreneurs. There will be an open bar and 'ultra light' appetizers made available thanks to the generous support of the Executive Leadership Center at BU.

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Boston University
595 Commonwealth Ave
4th Floor
Boston, MA 02215

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (ET)


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Ultra Light Startups is an online and in-person resource for entrepreneurs to share advice, contacts, and best practices for launching tech startups as quickly and cheaply as possible.  Of particular interest to the group are topics such as:

  • Innovative Monetization techniques - advertising, affiliates, subscriptions, memberships, marketplaces, lead-gen, etc).
  • Social Media Marketing - social networks, Twitter, online video, etc.
  • Off-The-Shelf and Open Source Platforms content management systems and development environments.
  • Virtual Companies - distributed teams, freelancing, offices-of-convenience and outsourcing.
  • Cloud Computing - low-overhead, flexible, on-demand infrastructure.
  • Social and Mobile as marketing, delivery and monetization platforms.