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MindSumo is a crowdsourcing platform that connects people with needs to people with ideas. It was created out of the Stanford Student Startup Accelerator, StartX, by three friends who wanted to change the way that creative thinkers and companies worked together.

Today MindSumo has become the leading platform for Millennial & Gen Z problem-solvers to apply their creativity and innovation by working on projects from top companies from around the world. Our community represents over 500,000 problem solvers from six continents and over 3,000 universities.

Companies work with our users on these projects to ideate, gather insights, and drive new thinking within their organization. These partnerships allow us to keep MindSumo free for all problem solvers and reward our best users for their hard work. Our challenges range from quick and fun to highly technical, and we welcome Millennials & Gen Z’ers from around the globe to join our growing network!

Latest Challenges

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What is your creative solution for clean, sustainable, and accessible energy?

Sponsor:  Siemens Energy

More on the Energy Solution Challenge

The world’s electricity consumption was 24,739 terawatt hours in 2018; a 127% increase from 1990 (https://www.iea.org/world). The pressure to responsibly produce the energy the world requires in an environmentally conscious way is greater than ever. Considering the amount of the world’s energy supply that is still derived by environmentally harmful methods, change cannot come soon enough. Ultimately, innovative, and unique concepts related to clean, sustainable, and accessible energy are the solution. STEAM at Siemens Energy invites you to participate in this competition to make a change.

a public restroom

How can we improve the public restroom experience?

Sponsor: Anonymous Company

More on the Restroom Challenge

We’ve all used public restrooms before, and some are definitely better than others. We believe the overall experience can be significantly improved.

We are challenging you to help us make the public restroom experience better. Think about public restrooms in office buildings, hospitals, hotel lobbies, airports, stadiums, restaurants, and beyond! What would make the experience more pleasant?

Consider everything that goes into making a public restroom functional all the way down to the toilet paper.

a smart watch on a man's wrist

How can wearable devices be used to promote and track both physical and financial health?

Sponsor: Anonymous Financial Services

More on the Wearable Tech Challenge

A bank wants to make their customers lives better by helping them to achieve both their financial health and physical health goals by offering a differentiated digital experience. The bank needs your help to develop a concept that they could bring to market which would ideally include wearable technology.