Crowdsourcing Is Booming In Asia

Editor's note: Alec Lynch is the founder and CEO of DesignCrowd, an Australia-based design crowdsourcing service that recently launched in India, Singapore, and the Philippines.  When most people think of crowdsourcing, they think of websites like iStockphoto, Mechanical Turk, Threadless or Wikipedia. But not many people think of Asia. The truth is, crowdsourcing in Asia is secretly booming, and Asia has quietly assumed a leadership role in the space.