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Consumer Zeitgeist: Lionel David Explains CrowdSpirit as a Company and Community

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The sweet spot of community is production

Andrea LaPorte interviews David Lionel, founder of Crowdspirit, via telephone, May 2007

In my interview with Lionel David, founder of CrowdSpirit, we discussed his goals of revolutionizing the creation, development, and production of electronic products through a process of crowdsourcing innovative ideas into electronic product development.

Andrea LaPorte: What is your academic background?

Lionel David: I hold a master’s degree in international transport & logistics (supply chain) from Lyon 2 University, France. I also previously completed a degree program in electronics and mechanical engineering.

5/24/07

Open Source Moves Deeper into Product Development

Business resources just became easier to find. "What citizen journalism and YouTube have done for media, CrowdSpirit hopes to do for product development," according to this post on Springwise, a blog on future business ideas.

As the name suggests, CrowdSpirit is part of the crowdsourcing phenomenon, but it takes it into a new wave, where the 'group think' method is used to refine real world hardware products. Crowdspirt "aims to start a revolution in manufacturing by creating the first electronic products driven and inspired by customer's wishes and expectations."

This site encourages inventors to submit electronic product designs to the online CrowdSpirit community, who in open source fashion, refine the original products and vote on which ones should move forward.


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