InnoCentive.com - Open Innovation Marketplace

Some problems are just too big for anyone to solve alone. Luckily for all of us, there is Innocentive.

com. This network of creative thinkers (scientists, inventors, business people, etc.) is here to solve any problem you might have as a company or an individual. The site works in a simple yet effective way. Thinkers sign up to browse the site, after which companies post up challenges for them to solve. The thinker who comes up with the best solution to any company’s problem, gets a juicy financial reward. The possibilities on the site are endless. It could mean the end of companies hiring overpaid professionals to solve their problems for them. Just post up your problem, the reward you are willing to give, and wait for the brains who surf through the site daily to solve it for you. There is a confidentially pact made by the site, so you won’t necessarily know either who is helping you or who you are helping out.