{"id":18141,"date":"2014-12-26T11:12:28","date_gmt":"2014-12-26T18:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/?p=18141"},"modified":"2023-06-08T14:27:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T21:27:22","slug":"the-year-in-review-and-planning-for-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/26\/the-year-in-review-and-planning-for-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowd Companies: The Year in Review and Planning for 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s the end of the year. This post is a reflection of the Collaborative Economy market and Crowd Companies<\/a> in 2014, as well as a look towards what lies ahead.<\/p>\n

The Collaborative Economy was a leading business topic of 2014.<\/strong> Over the past year, the Collaborative Economy movement has gained more attention from mainstream media, seen incredible pushback from the incumbents<\/a> like taxi companies and obtained tremendous amounts of funding<\/a>, while some startups created situations that left them exposed to intense scrutiny. Meanwhile, adoption by the public was forecasted to double (my findings on WSJ)<\/a>, it expanded into nearly every aspect of society<\/a>, and shows no signs of decline. It truly is a movement<\/em> in every regard.<\/p>\n

Crowd Companies, has experienced over 100% growth.<\/strong> The council I founded, Crowd Companies<\/a>, is now one year old, and we’ve also shown notable growth. We’re a membership for visionary leaders of innovative at large, established companies who want to embrace this movement not be disrupted by it. We connect our members to a community of peers, industry experts and startups who are ready to partner. We host in-person and online events, and provide an archive of resources. If you work at a large company and want to learn more about our services, email me at jeremiah@crowdcompanies.com<\/p>\n

The company has grown (see about page<\/a>) and I’m joined by two full time team members, Angus Nelson, head of Member Success, Julie Viola head of Operations (with whom I previously worked for about four years), Laura from Zirtual, who leads coordination and special projects, and a host of other continuing business partners from our network and beyond.<\/p>\n

Crowd Companies 2014, by the numbers, we’ve:<\/strong><\/p>\n