The mission statement of Waze, founded in Israel in 2009, is to “help people create local driving communities that work together to improve the quality of everyone's daily driving”. By updating maps in real time with crowdsourced information from drivers, Waze provides its users with “the best route, every day, with real-time help from other drivers”.
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Reddit: Managing the “Front Page of the Internet”
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SpotAngels – Using crowds to solve the car parking problem.
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IndieGoGo: Supply and Demand -> Demand and Supply
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Financing and Consulting for Low-Income Farmers
A new vision on how to help small farmers rise to the next level through technology.
99Designs of Logos on the Wall…
By democratizing graphic design, 99designs changed the balance of power and disrupted a dormant business
99designs: Logos, Web, Graphic Design & More
The #1 marketplace for graphic design, web design and other design contests