How technology enables companies to connect with customers
(Above: Read the full article in the SF Chronicle, and, please, read the comments. There’s no mercy for the taxi industry from former customers. Here are my recommendations to the taxi industry to lead this movement not fight it) The Collaborative Economy is a crowd commerce revolution. People … Continue readingDisruption from the Collaborative Economy
Investors are doling out money by the fistful, $241 million deployed in less than three months. See the Google Sheet that has all this data, broken down by industry, amount, and date. You can read part 1: Meet the investors, and part 2: The investors … Continue readingEven More Money Funnels into the Collaborative Economy (Part 3)
This was originally posted on VentureBeat, with a wide array of comments and reactions. Silicon Valley has been espousing sharing, making, community through the latest startups like Lyft, Airbnb, LendingClub and more. Yet is Silicon Valley really leading the example? While generalizations can put people … Continue readingHere’s what Silicon Valley can learn from good old Midwestern values
Photo :”Conversation” by Steve Bridger, used with Creative Commons license. Buzzwords, buzzwords, buzzwords! Nothing is more fun than using buzzwords except one thing: Reading all the buzzwords on a single page. Impress your colleagues at the co-working spot, your tatted Lyft drivers, and your hot … Continue readingA Glossary of Emerging Terms in the Collaborative Economy
Icebucket Challenge: Cold Facts and Stats #icebucketchallenge from Jeremiah Owyang Crowd-based business models and marketing are no stranger to the Web Strategy blog –and now we’re seeing the same effect impact non profits, including the much discussed (and debated) ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. I was … Continue readingSlides: Cold Hard Facts on the Ice Bucket Challenge #IceBucketChallenge
The Collaborative Economy continues to mainstream with at least two of the key players launching APIs; this spells significant ecosystem change that will impact commerce, this post will attempt to answer what it means to the greater ecosystem. [This is as significant as … Continue readingThe Collaborative Economy APIs Mean Changes to Commerce
The Collaborative Economy is a complex ecosystem composed of many unique players. These many players are jostling about, partnering, competing, and disrupting each other. It’s key to understand the many players in this movement before blindly stumbling into this market. This post took weeks to … Continue readingEcosystem Guide: The 12 Players of the Collaborative Economy
Harvest a thousand ideas. Above photo from popular photographer, and my friend, Thomas Hawk. Crowdfunding is the highest form of loyalty, but only a few big companies have deployed this crowd strategy. Big companies can learn from Indiegogo, and Kickstarter. You’ve heard of Indiegogo, Kickstarter, and … Continue readingCrowdfunding is the Highest Form of Loyalty: Shared Destiny
Marketplaces. They’re all the rage. In fact, the media can’t stop talking about them, people can’t stop searching for them, and investors have deployed $2.4 billion in just the last seven months. So what’s a marketplace all about? First of all, it’s not a new concept. It predates … Continue readingCollaborative Economy Markets: Platforms, Providers, and Partakers
Continued analysis of market funding in the Collaborative Economy. Yesterday’s stunning news of European ridesharing company, BlaBlaCar prompted me to tally up the funding in 2014. Along with help from industry experts Lisa Gansky of Mesh Labs, Neal Gorenflo of Shareable, Mike Walsh of Structure VC and Michelle Regner … Continue readingWhy Investors are in Love with the Collaborative Economy
