From communication to social media and the new shared economy The Internet revolution - from communication to social media and the new shared economy - has done more than just break...
The evolution of the Internet The evolution of the Internet has shifted the relationships between sellers and buyers. The first era of the internet was one-way, allowing corporations to better...
How to avoid business disruption? What’s the key to avoid business disruption? Technology startups are disruptive because they are driven by a desire to solve an unsolved problem in a...
Humans have been bartering and swapping goods since cavemen loaned out the first thigh bone. But the internet has kicked sharing to new heights. The explosion of peer-to-peer networks -...
Can you imagine opening the door these days to your neighbor standing there asking to share a cup of sugar? Or is it just a remedy from the old days?...
Where there is trust, there can be collaboration In the sharing economy building trust - along with convenience - is one of the biggest factors. The fastest growing startups in...
Don't need a drill Hamburg - Germany's 2nd largest city - has 1.800.000 inhabitants. How many drills are there in this city? Probably orders of magnitude more than we actually...
I don't need a drill. I need a hole The past few years have witnessed the rise of what’s called collaborative economy which implies sharing of physical, virtual and intellectual...
Once upon a time Once upon a time, one fundamental of the economy was pretty simple. If you wanted something, you bought and owned it. But now we have the rise...
In the last couple of years, we have seen the launch of several peer-to-peer services. From peer-to-peer accommodation, peer-to-peer lending to peer-to-peer task, the internet is turning us from consumers...
The growth of bike sharing is exceptional From social lending, peer-to-peer hotels, peer-to-peer task, bike sharing and car sharing, the rise of the share economy is reinventing not just what we...
The rise of the share economy is quietly turning millions of people into part-time entrepreneurs, and disrupting old notions about consumption and ownership. From social lending, peer-to-peer hotels and car...
