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Tag Archives: Xpree
CrowdCast = Collective Forecasting = Collective Intelligence That Predicts
The fine people at CrowdCast (Mat Fogarty and Leslie Fine) are finally out today with their brand-new, no-trading, collective forecasting mechanism. The purpose is to aggregate information across one organization so as to generate the most objective business forecasts. The … Continue reading
Posted in Collective Forecasting, Collective Intelligence - Wisdom Of Crowds, Consulting, Exchanges & Markets, Mechanism Designs, Software
Tagged Betting, betting markets, Collective Forecasting, collective intelligence mechanisms, corporate prediction markets, CrowdCast, employee intelligence, enterprise intelligence, enterprise prediction markets, event derivative markets, forecasting, information aggregation, information aggregation mechanisms, internal prediction markets, Leslie Fine, market designs, Market Scoring Rules, Mechanism Designs, MSR, polling, prediction markets, private prediction markets, trading, Xpree
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Why CrowdCast ditched Robin Hanson’s MSR as the engine of its IAM software
- Leslie Fine of CrowdCast: Chris, As Emile points out, in 2003 I started experimenting with (and empirically validating) alternatives to the traditional stock-market metaphor that will be more viable in corporate settings. We found the level of confusion and … Continue reading
Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Collective Forecasting, Collective Intelligence - Wisdom Of Crowds, Exchanges & Markets, Mechanism Designs
Tagged Betting, Collective Forecasting, collective intelligence mechanisms, corporate prediction markets, CrowdCast, enterprise prediction markets, information aggregation, internal prediction markets, Leslie Fine, market designs, Market Scoring Rules, Mechanism Designs, MSR, polling, prediction markets, private prediction markets, Robin Hanson, trading, Xpree
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How to make great use of the LinkedIn recommendation system
Mat Fogarty @ LinkedIn: – “Mat is a funny, friendly and great person to work with. He’s highly entrepreneurial and innovative business leader, with passion and drive. I’d recommend Crowdcast to anyone – they know how to create best-of-breed online … Continue reading
Posted in Consulting, People
Tagged Adam Siegel, Chris Hibbert, CrowdCast, Emile Servan-Schreiber, LinkedIn, Mat Fogarty, prediction markets, recommendations, Xpree, Zocalo
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Mat Fogarty to David Perry: “My ‘Chief Scientist’ beats yours.”
Leslie Fine is “Chief Scientist” of CrowdCast, now —formerly “Xpree”.
Posted in Consulting, People
Tagged Chief Scientists, CrowdCast, Leslie Fine, prediction markets, Xpree
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Did Xpree and Inkling Markets forecast that?
Electronic Arts, the world’s largest game publisher, best known for Madden and the Sims, lost $641 million in 2008′s fourth quarter. Both Xpree and Inkling Markets boast Electronic Arts as their client. Previously: The truth about prediction markets
My open question to Xpree’s Mat Fogarty
Mat, congrats for your expansion. – Will Jim oversell the predictive power of the enterprise prediction markets? All the other “business development” directors I see out there are overselling, in my view. -
Xpree’s Advisory Board
- Justin Wolfers – No more Eric Zitzewitz – Michael Pliner – Andrew McAfee – Xpree’s Advisory Board -
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Tagged enterprise prediction markets, prediction markets, Xpree
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