Quirky.com is online community for inventors that engages participants to collaborate in every aspect of product creation from ideation, design, naming, manufacturing, marketing, right on through to sales. Anyone can submit an idea, and community members vote on ideas at every phase, earning influence through votes, rating ideas, and commenting.
The company has earned a total of $97 million in funding in their three years of existence, and has already partnered with some pretty big names like Bed Bath & Beyond, Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, Toys “R” Us, Staples, Office Max, Target, Think Geek, Ace Hardware, Frontgage, The Container Store, and more.
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