Sarah McVeigh discusses the issue of regulation of Uber in Australia. The private ridesharing service is operating in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, and is causing a headache for the taxi industry, who argue that the service doesn’t have appropriate safeguards in place. Go to ABC Radio website http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2014/07/bst_20140703_0826.mp3
Watch Lauren Anderson’s CMX speech: When Customers are your Product: Lessons from Hundreds of Collaborative Consumption CMX Summit is a new conference focused entirely on community building. This year CMX brought together unique perspectives from fields and companies like Apple, Lyft, AirBnB, Facebook, 500 Startups and more. The audience was made up of the industry’s… 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
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Fitting your house out with a solar panel system can save money on future energy bills and contribute to reducing carbon emissions. Unfortunately, the initial cost of installing panels is still a major deterrent in making the switch to alternative energy. 1 Block Off the Grid (1BOG) is helping people like Michael Martinez use group… Read more
For decades, owning a car has been a status symbol, and its possession and use a private thing. Traditional car rentals cater to those who need a car temporarily, but the real problem is that the average car sits idle for 23 hours per day. While services like Zipcar offer a solution in high density… Read more
For many, the allure of extended travel is too often sacrificed in favor of a great job that you don’t want to risk losing. Conversely, the prospect of working overseas is often too challenging with visa constraints and language barriers. Jose Poyatos and Andrew Zarick were well aware of these issues but were determined to… Read more
Name: Chris Bank Age: 26 years old Lives: San Francisco with two flatmates Does: Has been working full-time for a start-up but has recently moved on to get more experience. The story: On Tuesday 22 June, Chris Bank set up his two-man tent outside San Francisco’s Stockton St Apple Store. While to many he would… Read more