CT Choo has some very interesting ideas in this article: The Creativity of Crowds.
He touches on:
Crowd Sourcing for the sharing of ideas and design resources,
Crowd Funding which can be used to raise funds for charities, political parties, entreprenuers, etc.
He also suggests that this could be a springboard to unleash the creativity of Malaysians who have not been able to secure funding from mainstream sources.
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