Crowd Companies Creating Collaborative Success
I felt that this would be a good time to provide an update on the company’s growth and on the state of the market. The Collaborative Economy Movement is Growing Quickly. As a movement, the Collaborative Economy has demonstrated tremendous growth and market churn. This movement, which empowers people to get what they need from […]
How Corporations are Deploying
Yes, they can. They’re using the same strategies as those startups to connect to their markets and they are doing it at a rapid pace. The Collaborative Economy is a movement. People are empowered to fund and build their own bespoke goods in the Maker Movement, and people are using new technologies to share what […]
The Collaborative Economy is for Business to Business
Maker movement, crowd funding, and crowd lending, is perceived mainly as a peer-to-peer movement. Yet, it’s not limited to individuals helping each other alone. Companies. Both large and small are replicating the same strategies and tactics to improve their own business. Companies themselves are becoming like peers collectively tapping into this collaborative space. Ten years […]
Here Comes the Collaborative Economy Customer Score
The new score is the Collaborative Economy Customer Score. Today, a ground-breaking deal was struck between Uber and Amex (a few days ago, they received millions of dollars from Fidelity). You can use your Amex loyalty points to pay for rides. When you use your Amex card to pay for transactions, these glean additional two […]
Don’t Protest the Collaborative Economy Lead It
Brought transportation services to a standstill. The taxis launched the “Escargot Protest” intended to stopped traffic in objection to Collaborative Economy startups Uber. Lyft and other similar startups. While they raised global attention, they lost a day’s wages, angered their own customers who were seeking to commute and, ironically, caused an 850% increase in Uber […]
Crowdfunding is the Highest Form of Loyalty
Deployed this crowd strategy. Big companies can learn from Indiegogo, and Kickstarter. You’ve heard of Indiegogo, Kickstarter, and other crowdfunding platforms for the tech savvy, but what does it mean to corporate product development and marketing strategy? Today’s crowdfunding projects include a panoply of products that never make it to the shelves. I jokingly refer […]
The 12 Players of the Collaborative Economy
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 prepare, and it’s my attempt to catalogue a very complex market that has broad. Global economic impacts being felt by many people. […]
The Collaborative Economy APIs Mean Changes
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 Facebook launching their API and Platform. This will spur thousands of apps. APIs and new businesses models] News. Uber […]
A Glossary of Emerging Terms
Reading all the buzzwords on a single page. Impress your colleagues at the co-working spot. Your tatted Lyft drivers, and your hot Tinder dates with your immense knowledge on. The latest hipster technology terms. New terms and phrases emerge as new movements are born. The purpose of this post is to help clarify, from one […]
Here’s what Silicon Valley can learn from good
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 off, I wanted to take a stand on some broader trends we see. I’ve received reinforcing and disagreeing feedback, all which I’m open to […]
Even More Money Funnels
You can read part 1: Meet the investors. And part 2: The investors are in love with this market. Since my last analysis on July 3rd. 2014, there’s been continued funding into the Collaborative Economy market. Where the crowd gets what they need from each other. Investors are infatuated in this market as it provides […]
Disruption from the Collaborative Economy
People are empowered to get what they need from each other. Using now common, mobile technologies in their pockets. Several quarters ago, people told me it was a fad; it wouldn’t last; peer-to-peer commerce can’t happen at scale. Like social media was disbelieved in 2005 (I vividly remember the attack of the blogs). We’re seeing […]