Tag: April Rinne

Women of Collaborative Lab: Women to Watch

To celebrate Women’s History Month, we want to share Rachel and April’s recent notable mentions in the media. Rachel has recently been named by Fast Company as one of the Most Creative People in Business. While April has been included by The Guardian on the Twitter list: 20 Women in Sustainability. Are there collaborative consumption stars you want featured this month?…  Read more

Canada Sharing Economy Roadshow: April Rinne in Toronto

April Rinne recently participated in a cross-country tour of Canada promoting Shareable Cities, speaking in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver. The tour was co-hosted by Social Innovation Generation (SIG) and Cities for People, a new innovation platform that aims to create more resilient and livable cities, with support from The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation. A key…  Read more

Sharing Economy Canada Roadshow

April Rinne, Chief Strategy Officer of Collaborative Lab, will discuss how the collaborative economy has the potential to transform how we design products and services, create sustainable and “shareable” cities, re-imagine public services, reduce waste and connect communities.Using a wide array of innovative examples from around the world — from transportation to office space to…  Read more

Today Show: Person-to-person sharing explodes

“It has become the norm: People using online sites to share what they have – in the tangible world – with strangers.” NBC’s Today Show covers collaborative consumption, including an interview with Collaborative Lab Chief Strategy Officer April Rinne.