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 - think Airbnb, Lending Club - has folded a business model around the simple sandbox notion of communal services and stuff. Do you give a fun tour […]

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? Nowadays there are several websites dedicated to connecting neighbors to share items - from lending, cars, bikes, parking spaces, task, designer clothes to accommodations. The […]

In the sharing economy building trust - along with convenience - is one of the biggest factors. The fastest growing startups in the sharing economy are those which have been able to build trust in their community. For those building peer-to-peer marketplaces, one of the biggest pain points is figuring out how to communicate trust […]

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 need. But what many inhabitants probably just need is the holes in the wall, not the drill. For someone who has a drill - to rent out - the […]

The past few years have witnessed the rise of what’s called collaborative economy which implies sharing of physical, virtual and intellectual goods. The new model of consumer relationship emerges at the intersection of online social networking, mobile technology and the social movement that comes as a response to the reduction in purchasing power.   From […]