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6 absolutely crazy ideas that actually worked and made money

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Jack Dorsey was a New York University undergraduate when Odeo, a podcasting company, had what it called a day-long brainstorming session. This game alone managed to earn the company record revenues in 2010 even after its initial user base fell from a whopping 83 million to almost half of that in a month.

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6 absolutely crazy ideas that worked and made money

hackerearth

Jack Dorsey was a New York University undergraduate when Odeo, a podcasting company, had what it called a day-long brainstorming session. This game alone managed to earn the company record revenues in 2010 even after its initial user base fell from a whopping 83 million to almost half of that in a month.

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When innovation led to a reversal of fortunes

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As Business Analyst Mark McQueen, said, “Knudstorp quickly identified that the Lego group had over-innovated, spread itself far too thin and had launched so many new initiatives that the company had lost a ‘crisp sense of identity. On top of structuring management and operations, every new idea was to be consistent with the company’s goals.

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Does Crowdsourcing Need “Rethinking”?

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Adopting crowdsourcing also implies change – most importantly, change in the organizational culture – and the change management process is never easy. This sentiment was eloquently expressed in a 2010 Visions Magazine article by James A. Crowdsourcing and Brainstorming – What are they So Often Confused?

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Does Crowdsourcing Need “Rethinking”?

Qmarkets

Adopting crowdsourcing also implies change – most importantly, change in the organizational culture – and the change management process is never easy. This sentiment was eloquently expressed in a 2010 Visions Magazine article by James A. Crowdsourcing and Brainstorming – What are they So Often Confused?

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Does Crowdsourcing Need “Rethinking”?

Qmarkets

Adopting crowdsourcing also implies change – most importantly, change in the organizational culture – and the change management process is never easy. This sentiment was eloquently expressed in a 2010 Visions Magazine article by James A. Crowdsourcing and Brainstorming – What are they So Often Confused?

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How to Run the Ultimate Corporate Hackathon

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Hackathons are on the rise , and many leading enterprise grade businesses now participating in these events on a regular basis as a way of quickly generating innovative results to difficult problems. This Microsoft-spawned company started as a thought at the 2010 TechCrunch Disrupt hackathon.