Above photo: Showcase collection of intricate and moveable 3D Printed goods in acrylic, stainless steel. Designs by famed Dutch designer, Virtox, using Shapeways, 3-D printing-as-a-service and marketplace of designers. One Liner: The crowd is becoming like a company in the Maker Movement. 3D printing rapidly … Continue readingThe Five Ways Companies Can Leverage 3D Printing –and Avoid Disruption
Mature software companies allow a “thousand flowers to bloom” as 3rd parties would build and sell new wares around their online marketplaces. Now, every company can tap this strategy. Make no doubt it, the Collaborative Economy continues to grow. At the start of the year, … Continue readingCollaborative Economy Strategy: Marketplaces Expand Your Brand
In just the last few days, the market has noticed how P2P sharing and customer collaboration is picking up. From my vantage point, this indicates that the market is realizing that the Collaborative Economy is the next phase of sharing. It bears repeating that the … Continue readingBig Companies Ignite a Spark in the Collaborative Economy
Above image: Intertwined strands bonded together share the same shared fate of pulling a heavy load. “Why Do Big Companies Crowdfund?” Suprinsingly, it’s often not about the money. That was the very question that was asked at Crowd Conference hosted in San Francisco yesterday. I … Continue readingWhy Do Big Companies Crowdfund?
The first phase of sharing was of media and ideas, we call this social media; the second phase of sharing is the sharing of the physical world, we call this the collaborative economy. Using powerful technologies like smart phones, mobile apps, payment systems and social … Continue readingThe Next Phase of Sharing
The business landscape is radically changing, as new technologies, economic uncertainty, and strain on earth’s resources are changing how companies go to market. In partnership with Slideshare (part of the LinkedIn family) I’ve created a vision of the future of business models, based on new … Continue readingStoryboard: The Future of Business Models #FutureOf
A series of significant monetary events have occurred. In prior posts, I’ve covered the investment leaders by frequency and looked at funding in a category of 200 startups. I found that 37% had been funded, with some receiving very large cash injections. In the recent past, there have … Continue readingThe Money Flows in the Collaborative Economy
(Read part one, Meet the Empowered People, in this two-part series.) What’s a Resilient Corporation? It’s one that minimizes risk, moves quicker, and can grow faster than others. You may be asking, “How can corporations reduce risk, move quickly, and scale at the same time?” … Continue readingMeet the Resilient Corporations
(Read part two, Meet the Resilient Corporations, in this two-part series.) Meet the people formerly known as customer/consumers/target markets. They have new powers. They are backed by powerful companies. And they are starting to organize. No, I’m not talking about the latest episode of Heroes. … Continue readingMeet the Empowered People
Meet Dan Schawbel. He’s an expert on millennials in the workforce. I’ve known Dan for years, we both worked in the social business space, him at EMC, while I was at HDS. We learned together, shared insights, and he even featured me in some of his … Continue readingExpert Interview: The Millennials in the Collaborative Economy
