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I met this Lisa Gansky woman, after she spoke at PopTech this year, who wrote a book on this "business of sharing" type of model. I think she's dead on. I've o
by nickpinkston 16y ago
I met this Lisa Gansky woman, after she spoke at PopTech this year, who wrote a book on this "business of sharing" type of model. I think she's dead on.
I've owned houses, cars, lots of things, and now that I rent almost everything, I feel so much freer from things...
http://www.amazon.com/Mesh-Why-Future-Business-Sharing/dp/1591843715 http://www.amazon.com/Mesh-Why-Future-Business-Sharing/dp/15...
- jmarbach 16y agoAgreed. In the past 6 months alone, companies with expansive networks are truly attracting the critical mass of people with all different ages and interests (these "sharing" businesses are no longer have user-bases consisting of early tech adopters). This is proving itself with the enormous valuations for companies such as Groupon for shared buying power, Facebook for shared social news, Zynga, etc.
- liuhenry 16y agoRachel Botsman gave a TED talk on the same topic. It's worth a watch. http://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_botsman_the_case_for_collaborative_consumption.html http://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_botsman_the_case_for_collabo...