Competing Against Crowdsourcing and Computers
Do you think attorneys are pleased with LegalZoom.com, where you can get many (sometimes boilerplate) legal documents for a bargain? How do you think designers feel about CrowdSpring.com, where you pay a deposit then designers compete to get paid? I bet they feel similar to the way brokers felt when E*Trade came along - nervous and annoyed. Some say it cheapens the value of their work. I suggest that these people just need to do a better job telling a compelling story. A custom designer is going to be able to give you a tighter look and feel to the heart of your company than a crowdsourced designer. A personal attorney will be able to write tighter documents for your personal situation than a computer program. Not only does this need to happen, but these people need to be able to clearly articulate their benefit. What do you think? Tell us in the comments!
October 21st, 2008 at 10:47 am
Thanks for mentioning crowdSPRING. We had a very interesting discussion about this topic in 37signals’s Signal vs. Noise blog at the following link - http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1253-the-nospec-campaign-vs-crowdspring
Best,
Ross Kimbarovsky
co-Founder
http://www.crowdspring.com