Tag: Fast Company

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

Fast Company: The Sharing Economy Comes of Age at Le Web

The LeWeb conference in London, which begins today with a theme of the “Collaborative Economy,” should be a wake-up call to corporations, brands, and everyone in the advertising ecosystem. Your lives are about to change. The market has once again spoken, and if you think you’ve already been disrupted by social media, think again. You…  Read more

Fast Company: Does the Airbnb model work for all sharing startups?

Rob Coneybeer doesn’t often drive the silver BMW Z3 parked near his house. Rather, he purchased the convertible primarily for other people to use. “I bought the car to list it on RelayRides,” says the Shasta Ventures managing director, referring to the peer-to-peer car-sharing platform that has received $13 million in funding from Shasta, Google Ventures, and…  Read more

The Bright Future of Car Sharing

Our latest infographic explores the growth of car sharing around the world and why it’s here to stay.

The Collaborative Home

Our new infographic looks inside our homes at all the assets that can be shared, rented and swapped.

Infographic: The Collaborative Home

Imagine other people paying you to use your things when you don’t need them. That’s the genius of collaborative consumption.