Archive for March, 2009

Crowdcast Hearts Crowdsourcing

Posted on March 24th, 2009 by buckley

It’s always important for companies pushing new and disruptive business practices to eat their own dog food.  With all our focus on the wisdom and power of crowds, we decided that we should embrace it ourselves for some pretty significant branding changes we’re in the process of making. Those following us for a while will [...]

Welcome, Matt Shore

Posted on March 4th, 2009 by leslie

We are pleased to welcome the newest member of the Crowdcast team — Matt Shore, Director of Product.  Previously, he was part of the founding team at Interlace Systems, an upstart in the Integrated Business Planning space.  Matt played key roles in product and market definition, IP and product development, early customer acquisition, venture financing, [...]

The Economist and the Promise of PM

Posted on March 1st, 2009 by mat

This past week, The Economist wrote on the yet-unfulfilled promise of prediction markets. At Crowdcast , we believe prediction markets are not yet mainstream because the current solutions rely on mechanisms designed for the stock market, not for the enterprise. The stock trading metaphor works for a large, liquid stock market, but is unsuitable for [...]