Studying failure is a recipe for success in the collaborative economy. Building two-sided collaborative marketplaces is hard – really hard. Companies in the space face a unique set of challenges, constraints and a complex web of relationships to navigate that in many ways represent a whole new era of doing business. Over the past five… Read more
This is a sponsored post about coworking brought to you by rageandrelease.com and our content partner Made in NY Media Center. Over the last few years, thousands of creatives and freelancers around the world have said goodbye to the inevitable distractions and potential loneliness of the ‘home office’ to instead embrace the world of coworking. In fact, global online coworking… Read more
Over the last few years, we have observed the rapid growth in popularity of collaborative economy companies all around the world, and while we learn more and more about this shift every day, a number of big questions have remained unanswered, such as exactly who is participating in this new economic activity? Why do company founders… Read more
Ed Kushins is the founder of HomeExchange, one of the best known and oldest companies in the collaborative economy. He shares with us what keeps HomeExchange competitive in the space. 1. HomeExchange.com is one of the oldest companies in the Collaborative Economy – how has the company maintained its strong reputation despite growing competition… Read more
Over the last decade, ‘community’ has become an increasingly important part of the conversation for everyone from start-up brands to Fortune 500 businesses as we recognize the powerful force that they are in driving popularity and uptake of a product or idea, or providing real-time feedback about a company’s performance. For most collaborative consumption companies,… Read more
They may be competing with peer-to-peer accommodation options such as Airbnb and One Fine Stay for their guests, but some new collaborative consumption-oriented offerings from major hotel brands like Hyatt and Westin show they are definitely looking to stay relevant to the changing demographic of travellers. USA Today reports a number of borrowing and lending… Read more
This academic study by our Dutch Global Curator Pieter van de Glind identifies the motives of Dutch collaborative consumers & measures the consumer potential of Collaborative Consumption within the municipality of Amsterdam.
This post is a part of a blog relay leading up to Media Evolution The Conference 2013. I curated a session on ‘Access over Ownership’ at last year’s conference and am excited to be a part of this blog relay of cutting edge ideas and leading thinkers. This is the second post in the relay…. Read more
As the ‘grandfather’ of collaborative consumption, eBay Inc has paved the way for how we use the internet to connect with strangers to match millions of ‘haves’ with millions of ‘wants’; ushering in an age of digital recommerce. The eBay Inc Social Innovation team is constantly exploring ways to measure the impact of this recommerce activity,… Read more
Peer-to-peer marketplace Airbnb has released an economic study of its Airbnb hosts and guests in Paris, looking at key figures pertaining to guests & hosts. The study, which comes a few months after a similar study on Airbnb’s effect on the San Francisco economy, showed some pretty interesting stats, such as the €185 Million contributed… Read more