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Decentralized finance could change the entire way financial services operate and are regulated. Must DeFi scale faster to avoid obstacles?

Organisations teach their AI-driven systems to speak using speech datasets to understand what is being said, and to deliver an appropriate response.

Finance department automation increases efficiency, produces high-quality information, and transforms CFOs to be more proactive in running a business

Our aim is to recognise and champion the companies, projects and individuals powering BOLD breakthroughs around the world.

Global market leaders, innovators and change-makers are joining us in the judging the best and boldest breakthroughs entered in BOLD Awards III.

Here’s the opportunity for you to play a part in this year’s BOLD Awards III public voting, and use your votes to tell us who you believe should be called a Winner.

The 10X Incubator’s bold mission is to positively impact the world through building, scaling and selling 10,000 tech companies in 10 years, transforming napkins, MVP’s, and cash-flowing tech companies into an EXIT.

This article connects you to 50 presentations or reports on global tech trends to be aware of and prepare for in 2022 and beyond.

Cybersecurity for small businesses is in the news, hacks are no longer only read or heard about as happening to large organisations or governments

Augmented reality and virtual reality (AR and VR) examples demonstrating the growing importance of this technology in key business sectors

We look at one of the biggest contributors to climate change, agriculture, and what’s being done through smart agriculture technology to negate the problem.

Even though one stop shops provide simple-to-use templates, using website design software tools to create individual websites remains a booming industry

Crowdfunding in agriculture will accelerate innovation in new foodstuffs and agritech required to feed over 9 billion people by 2050

The benefits of improving and accelerating innovation through crowdsourcing input from non-employees are steadily gaining ground

Maria Ressa, former BOLD Awards 2019 winner, was speechless when told of her Nobel Peace Prize just months after being cleared of cyber libel

Open Innovation is a process to go beyond internal R&D resources, and enlist the support of outside help for input and ideas

The Covid pandemic increased the pace of change in an already mature freelance and gigeconomy marketplace in Sweden.

The freelancing and remote working future of work has already arrived for a large number of the online white-collar workforce. The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs report, published in October 2020, shows 84% of employers are set to rapidly digitalize working processes. This includes a significant expansion of remote work—with the potential to move … Read more

The best real estate crowdfunding has democratized investing in property, and allows smaller players to invest alongside the biggest ones

Crowdsourcing helps retail store owners, product brand owners, and retail consumers to create better retail experiences in physical stores.

Too many companies chasing growth in a world of finite resources is unsustainable. Prize challenges accelerate sustainable business growth.

For those not yet in the loop, what are NFTs? Safeguarding tangible, physical assets and possessions has long-seemed straightforward. Either lock them away in secure strong rooms and safety deposit boxes, or display them behind an array of highly technical protection. Though what about assets in digital formats, particularly creative ones?  This is a major … Read more

Much of the work and focus in the circular economy is based around disrupting standard linear economy business models of “take-make-waste” to ones where higher proportions of resources can be recycled with minimal disposal. Circular economy models to secure value from waste, and prioritise regenerative resources, will extend the life of finite resources. Otherwise, in … Read more

It’s little more than 10 years since Indiegogo and Kickstarter launched their reward crowdfunding platforms. Both began as a way for creative arts productions and projects to source funding, and are now commonly used for commercial purposes with far higher targets that leave asking friends and family for their support way behind. As project ambitions … Read more

In a smart city, crowdsourcing data enables better resource management in increasingly challenging urban environments, but there are risks

Video conferencing is one of the technologies that has advanced more in the months of pandemic lockdown than it would have done in years. Whether used for work meetings, for virtual events with perhaps many attendees, or for dislocated families and friends to get together and share their concerns, gossip and love, many people had to … Read more

‘Open source’ refers to much more than just being able to use free software. In a nutshell, Open Source Software (OSS) is crowdsourcing applied to software development.

It’s no exaggeration to say that during the pandemic there has been an explosion in the numbers of people and businesses paying money to, or expecting payment from, marketplace platforms. As a result, it’s reckoned that the amount of switching to digital technology that was going to take five years has happened in the past … Read more

We put great store in the benefits of learning how to be BOLD from people who have shown boldness. They innovate and inspire through sharing lessons on how to emulate their own achievements. We have chosen a first selection here in what will be a series of articles on how to act bold and get … Read more

In the seven years since I launched Crowdsourcing Week the Covid-19 pandemic is undoubtedly the biggest, and most awful global phenomenon. The pandemic lockdowns announced by most national governments meant the worldwide pool of available skilled labor grew virtually overnight, across all age groups. How has it affected you? Have your plans been put on … Read more

Welcome to an update of what proved to be a popular article looking at some great open innovation platforms. Innovation is crucial to survive in today’s disruptive and fast moving industrial and commercial landscape. It’s predicted that digital disruption will wipe out at least 40% of businesses in the next decade if they don’t adopt new … Read more

Jobs for skilled freelancers are booming, and it doesn’t matter whether your skill is in marketing, tech, design, law, logistics or accounting. More and more companies are turning to gig platforms to find skilled freelancers to fill a wide array of openings. For existing businesses, it makes sense that companies use outsourcing to increase productivity, … Read more

Prizes can spur all types of innovation and R&D, and the use of prize challenges to accelerate R&D is experiencing a boom. Many organizations and governments around the world are launching prizes to accelerate R&D, and it’s a tool used by the likes of Forbes, Coca-Cola, Toyota, NBC, Facebook, Shell, NextEra Energy, and NASA, to … Read more

In April 2019 a special BOLD Award was made to Maria Ressa, CEO and Executive Editor at RAPPLER, a crowdsourced news network for Philippines.

The first round of online public voting has now ended and we are delighted to share the names of the final nominees in each of the 12 categories of 2020’s annual BOLD Awards. The online votes that were cast will count for 50% of the final decisions, and the introduction of our international panel of … Read more

Crowdsourced networks of citizen scientists contribute data for AI analysis that sets new horizons for professional scientists and researchers

Big things are regularly predicted for the AR/VR sector, though so far the industry hasn’t quite lived up to the hype. Latest predictions include the augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) market is expected to total $18.8 billion in 2020 and then expand exponentially in the coming years. A market expecting such growth deserves looking at. … Read more

We are delighted to announce the second tranche of judges on our international panel to determine the BOLD Awards 2020 winners. Each is an acknowledged leader in their specialist area and we thank them for their involvement. A public round of voting will run from January 24 to February 4, which we hope you will … Read more

We are very grateful for the time that an impressive collection of BOLD Award advisors have been able to set aside in their schedules to help shape up the 2020 edition.

Advertising has without doubt been transformed irrevocably by digital connectivity. Consumer product brands, service providers, organisations of any nature, and even individuals, can become their own media owners. Anyone with access to the internet can create and distribute unique content to generate audiences and build a bespoke following. What does it mean for the empirical … Read more