Can you tell us a bit about yourself and when did you join Crowdholding?

I am Elric, 30 year old student (at the moment) from the Netherlands. I joined Crowdholding with the last DeepOnion task. I liked the idea of co-creating, but didn’t really think about it to much. I started to like doing it, so here i still am. I only got really active about then a month (a bit more) ago i think.

Why did you join Crowdholding?

During my first study, i did a minor in creativity and innovation. There i learned to coach creative sessions. It’s not brainstorm, but a process beyond that. You build idea’s with a group. Starting of with a divergent(focus on quantity) thinking process first and after that you go to the convergent process(focus on quality). There is much more to it of course, but that is the brief version. So i’m in to the whole co-creation processes. In my opinion the best way to do this is to have a lot of interaction. Response on response, building on each others idea’s. Weird, wrong or crazy do not exist.

What are your favourite type of tasks on the platform?

Well i didn’t really get to test much, so i guess i missed out there. But that sounds like something i would like to do. Also the tasks that involve problem solving or just a request for feedback. But in my opinion it’s way better when the project is actually active and responsive on the crowdholding platform as well.

If you had to describe Crowdholding in one sentence, what would it be?

Hard, or i could go with the basic: co-creation platform for projects and crowd-knowledge. A source of income and knowledge depending on who you ask… See, i failed.

Where do you see Crowdholding going in 2018?

In it’s current form, I’m not sure. I like the project, but there are some issues. But since i had a talk with Joe from Crowdholding, I have seen a bit behind the curtain. I won’t spoil anything, but that looks really good. So if they can implement this and get some big projects on board I could definitely see Crowdholding go far in 2018/2019. Also if you get a chance to talk with Joe Šovčík, do it! He is a really nice guy.