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Project Good Judgement Update

Posted on September 12th, 2011 by leslie

Earlier this summer I posted about our project with The Good Judgment Team on pushing the boundaries of forecasting methodologies.  I’m thrilled to say that a week ago, we went live, with more than 3,000 participants worldwide making forecasts and, in some cases, arguments, about the future of political, economic, and technological trends.  To date, [...]

Crowdcast and the Efficient Forecasting Frontier

Posted on June 27th, 2011 by leslie

Crowdcast is all about bringing the power of collective intelligence to bear on real business metrics.  Most of the time we’re practitioners, working with clients to apply our technology and knowledge to their challenges in project risk management and sales metrics.  Every once in a while, though, we get a great opportunity to step back [...]

Tech Review – Top 50 Most Innovative Tech Companies

Posted on February 24th, 2011 by mat

Congrats to the Crowdcast team.  We were chosen as one of the world’s most innovative companies by Tech Review, MIT’s tech mag. http://www.technologyreview.com/business/32397/ This recognition reinforces our proposition that corporations have the information they need to make decisions.  However, current methods of gathering and transmitting data up the hierarchy can lead to biases and mistakes.  [...]

Crowdcast Partners with CrowdPredictions

Posted on November 29th, 2010 by mat

Crowdcast is partnering with CrowdPredictions to serve our European clients.  CrowdPredictions is a Netherlands based consultancy focusing on Collective Intelligence solutions.  We look forward to working together to bring crowd wisdom to the world.

Jay Margolis Joins Crowdcast Team as VP Engineering

Posted on November 1st, 2010 by mat

Welcome Jay. Jay Margolis will lead the engineering and operations groups at Crowdcast.  Previously, Jay was Senior Director of Engineering at Jaspersoft, where he ran product development of the Jaspersoft Business Intelligence Suite, bringing powerful yet easy-to-use web-based ad hoc reporting and analytics to everyday users.  Before that, Jay held leadership positions at Primavera Systems and [...]

Alsop Louie (our lead investor) raises more cash

Posted on October 9th, 2010 by mat

Congratulations to Alsop Louie Partners for raising their second round of funding. http://www.wiredvc.com/alsop202-louie-33close-fund-ii-at-nearly-100m/ Stewart Alsop was our main investor in our first round of financing.   We now have Joe Addiego (ex In-Q-Tel) on our Board. ALP team – thanks for your support so far.