Crowdsourcing Week (CSW), a platform for promoting the crowd economy, has launched their own equity crowd-funding campaign. The goal of the campaign is to increase their e-learning and consulting offerings, to spread crowd-sourcing how-to to a wider audience. This includes an online educational program to teach businesses about the crowd economy While the current CSW community is in over 50 …

Sensative AB has created the world’s thinnest wireless magnetic sensor, called Strips, which can be placed invisibly on windows and doors to create a smart home security system. Sensative AB’s founders mostly come from a background in mobile technology – in fact, the company is based out of Mobile Heights Center in Lund, Sweden.  However, their first product, Strips, is …

The pitching competition at the massive startup conference Slush is high stakes and high pressure.  After some stressful preparations, I was called onto stage to pitch my start, EdTech Foundry, in front of an audience in hopes of winning an investment. Last night ended on a high note, and I felt ready to pitch. But in the morning, will all …