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The New York Public Library (NYPL) was founded in 1895 and is the United States’ largest public library system. Today, the NYPL consists of four scholarly research centres and 88 public branches, located between Manhattan, Staten Island and The Bronx. The NYPL holds more than 51 million items within it’s collection and serves more than 17 million patrons annually; from scholars to public school students, to seniors and toddlers. The NYPL is a centre of educational innovation and a community hub that is vital to New York culture. Statistically, one in three New Yorkers do not have at home internet access and the NYPL works tirelessly to close this digital divide. In the rapidly advancing digital age, the NYPL provides patrons (not only at their physical locations in New York), but also individuals worldwide, with powerful online tools to discover their resources and services. Through their website, visitors can browse the NYPL collections that include 800,000 digitized items. The NYPL also offers online librarian support to answer visitor’s questions online at any time. To further customer engagement, the NYPL offers 67,000 free programs annually. To quote the NYPL President & CEO, Tony Marx: “The New York Public Library has provided essential access to books and information for more than a century. Today, we are building on that legacy by increasing access to our collections physically and online, and by transforming our libraries into proactive centers of education and opportunity for all New Yorkers. ”
The Kickstarter Startup: The New Crowdsourcing Approach to Raising Capital.
Organization Name: Kickstarter Industry: Investment/Crowdsourcing Web References: kickstarter.com Description of how social media is used for business performance: In the business world, where many aspiring entrepreneurs and early startup companies to start a business in hope that he or she would have something that is groundbreaking, a revolutionary new business idea or product that can change the way to we… Read more »
LEGO Ideas: Toy Manufacturer’s Product Development Strategy Promotes Open Innovation

Image courtesy the LEGO Ideas website. Company: The LEGO Group Industry: Toys Description: The LEGO Group is a Toy manufacturer based in Denmark. Founded in 1932, the company is best known for its manufacturing of plastic brick Lego toy brand. The Lego Group currently holds the title of Worlds Largest Toy Manufacturer in 2014 with sales up 11% to $2… Read more »
Doritos – From Global to Universal
Organization: Pepsico Inc.; and Frito-Lay North America, Inc. Forbes Lists #40 World’s Most Valuable Brands Industry: Food, Snack, Grocery Web References: www.fritolay.com; www.doritos.com; en.wikipedia.org Product Development: New Trends Frito-Lay America, Inc. is a the forefront of Product Development and Crowdsourcing today. Using every social media tool at hand they are continually engaging the consumer for their opinions and interactions…. Read more »
Minted: Making a Mint Off Crowdsourced Design
Crowdsourcing has become a popular way to develop new products but many companies such as Frito-Lay use widespread campaigns to develop one new product. However, Minted uses crowdsourcing on a regular basis to keep their product line fresh and up-to-date. Minted was founded in 2008 by co-founders Mariam Naficy and Melissa Kim. To date, Minted generates more than $10 million in… Read more »
It’s a DEWmocracy! Crowdsourcing to Uncover New Mountain Dew Flavour
“Social Product Innovation is the practice of leveraging Social Computing principles and technologies to support the product development process, innovation and business goals, programs and resources.” Social media provides companies with the ability to share product information with a very large audience, but it also provides an opportunity to communicate with an audience to understand market demands and needs before… Read more »