Over the years I have seen (and designed) a few successful new business models. A few years ago I came up with one that is fast becoming my favorite: the idea that companies can generate revenues with a 100% margin by simply rejecting work that they cannot do. Imagine that
Information Evolution is proud to sponsor HCOMP 2016, the world’s premier event for unveiling the latest research on crowdsourcing and human computation. The HCOMP conference, run by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, is hosted at the University of Texas School of Information this year and will take
Information Evolution was proud to sponsor the recent AAAI Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing. Speakers and presenters from around the world brought deep academic insight into the vast AI training work cloud labor handles for digital economy leaders like Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Google, and WordPress, as well as the
Like the aria of a grand European opera, the hype surrounding the imminent implementation of GDPR* has reached a fevered crescendo. Now that the GDPR deadline (May 25th) has passed, it’s worth taking a moment to cut through the fog of frenzied activity to take a realistic look at where
The term “crowdsourcing” is not aging well. Maybe it was a bit too folksy to begin with or, more probably, its slow evolution caused it to seem passé before it ever even hit its stride. Whatever the reason, the meaning of “the crowd” has morphed into two distinct things at
When your company’s product is a database information service you are familiar with having “holes” in your offering. Must-have fields are populated 100% of the time, “need to have” fields are 95% complete, and there is a slippery slope of “nice to have” fields like URLs, phone numbers, and email
Developing new information products isn’t easy. Beyond the product design challenges related to addressing the unmet needs of potential customers, there is the financial challenge of deploying your solution in discrete commercially viable ‘phases’ (1.0, 2.0, etc.) to generate revenue and defray the cost of developing the next phase. This
The flood of robocalls and telephone-based scams over the past decade has led to an international backlash against unsolicited telephone communications. This global reaction has come in the form of a slew of new guidelines and regulations. Information services that rely on primary source verification of their databases have been
The distribution of work around the globe, what is generally called ‘outsourcing’, has been a fact of life in the information business for a long time. More recently though, information companies have taken an interest in applying the employment rules, climate change targets, and other sustainability goals that are in
The ROI for marketing automation software demands that the underlying databases being used have robust firmographic data so company records can be searched by size. These size-indicating datapoints have typically either been annual revenues or the total number of employees and in both cases it helps accurate targeting to have
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