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This week in crowdsourcing we turn our attention to the fashion industry. Many e-commerce sites have been starting to integrate some “crowd” features like voting on designs before they are made – but this week we take a look at two women’s fashion sites operating more like Quirky. Users submit sketches, the crowd picks and can pre-order, and then the company produces the line. There was a fundraising announcement for Udemy that just closed $3M from Lightbank. And lastly YouTube and Google demonstrate how cool crowdsourcing is with SpaceLab and Dead Sea Scrolls.
StartupDigest Crowdsourcing is curated by:Josh Breinlinger – Senior Associate at Sigma Partners
SocialAttire to Use Crowdsourcing to Help Fledgling Fashion Designers
By Roberta Correia, WWD
Looks like a nice site, appears to have launched 7 months ago, and claims 3,500 members.
Fashion Label Uses Crowdsourcing to Design Product Range
From l2thinktank.com
VelvetBrigade looks like one to watch as well – the Quirky of women’s fashion with plans to open retail stores as well.
Crowdsourced Learning Platform Udemy Raises $3 Million From Lightbank And Others
By Paul Sloan, CNET News
Congrats to Udemy. And check out this stat: “The result, Biyani said, is that dozens of instructors are making $5,000 to $10,000 a month through the site.”
Google’s Dead Sea Scrolls is latest crowdsourcing project
By Melissa Bell, The Washington Post
Pretty sweet that we can all contribute to things like this now. Unfortunately, my Hebrew is a little rusty. See the scrolls.
YouTube launches Space Lab, the latest in crowdsourcing academia
By Melissa Bell, The Washington Post
I love it. NASA gets some help designing experiments from a bunch of teenage students. They could probably get some crowdfunding too if they need it.
