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their community to get involved and create change. Conclusion With the conclusion for this pilot research we can identify that Quirky wants to become a problem solving company of 2025. After researching future trends we believe that crowdsourcing skillshare and bartering are some of the major trends we will see more of the next 10 years to come. These predicted trends need to be integrated into Quirkys community to really foster co-creation and collaborative approach in the new age. We see not only individuals but companies as well coming to Quirky to connect with their global community in order to solve specific problems and needs. In this way Quirky will work as a connector between companies and the community. By collaborating with charitable and philanthropic organizations Quirky increase its social responsibility. As for how this partnership would affect Quirky we see it fostering a new line of products that would solve real life problems. These products could be centered around education trash potholes transportation accessibility and others. This also can apply to the community donating their time to specific causes and organizations. The profits that come from these partnerships can be re-invested into the charity organizations. This not only will improve Quirkys overall image but also will appeal to people who truly want to do something good. There is always a level of respect and appreciation among the community when a company truly uses their power for something impactful. We see the community being as big online as off. The large community can be split into sub-communities that respond to local issues and problems. Quirky on the road could be a concept that takes inventors to local communities all across United States to help neighborhoods towns and cities solve real-life problems. If looking on a global level Quirky can create The Quirky Flash Taskforce. This would be a group compiled of Quirky community members who would respond to life threatening disasters across the world. They would travel to these places and set up a relief initiatives. This can be anywhere from providing basic help to actually solving infrastructure problems after weather disasters such as tsunamis earthquakes and in war zones. Partners The results we gathered from the potential partners that we proposed for Quirky in 2025 varied greatly. From the responses we can infer that the Quirky team was not very fond of the ideas of working with the FDA Berkshire Hathaway and the World Bank. However they were more open to the ideas of working with the American Cancer Society The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation American Red Cross Pencils for Promise Unicef and the Peace Corps. Furthermore the decision was split on Anonymous with equal responses for yes and no. There were no responses for or against the Feed Foundation or The Founders Fund. This may indicate that they did not know what the organizations did or that the were indifferent about the potential partnership. Overall we can see that Quirky wants more of an affiliation with organizations that are geared towards charitable work vs politics and corporations. Results Having a clear vision for 2025 is rather difficult. What we proposed to Quirky were very big picture concepts. We wanted to stretch the imagination and get the Quirky team out of their comfort zone. We proposed a future of Quirky Superheroes and Vigilantes for Good. Creating a country of problem solvers and calling the inventors creative superheros were not ideas that Quirky perceived as potential future concepts. As we analyze the results of this prototype we incur that Quirky sees itself moving into the direction of facilitating change and solving real life problems. It wants to do that by teaming up with more charitable organizations and allowing for