Gleaning Competitive Intelligence from Crowdfunding
Jinfo Article
14th May 2013
By Tim Reynolds
Abstract
With the US JOBS Act opening up the crowdfunding market to venture capital in the US, the business world has taken notice of the new market. This article suggests that crowdfunding platforms (based on the combination of crowdsourcing and microfinance) offer access to open source market data - ready to be mined by information professionals.
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