Eric von Hippel -- MIT Sloan School of Management

I've got an idea for a crowdsourcing website that I think is guaranteed to make a zillion. I'm looking for a media partner to help get it off the ground. But, until I find one, I'm not telling anyone about the project because I'm scared someone is going to steal it.

But some research says I'm a fool, that I'm making a mistake. To learn more we're going to interview Eric von Hippel, author of Democratizing Innovation and professor of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Perhaps he'll convince me that I should tell everyone about my idea. Until then, don't ask me about it. But do let us know what we should ask him. Tell us if you think ideas and common ownership are crowdsourcing's giant shrimp, nothing more than a pleasant sounding oxymoron.