You’ve likely heard of crowdSPRING by now.  They made quite the splash by winning WIRED’s Small Biz Program contest.   crowdSPRING is a crowdsourcing business.  You might even say they got their funding via crowdsourcing, since the money came from more than 10 different angel investors.  Crowdsourcing you ask?  OK, let’s cut the buzzword bingo game and call crowdSPRING for what it is: contract outsourcing crossed with American Idol. (more…)