sharing economy

Sharing economy is a term for a way of distributing goods and services, a way that differs from the traditional model of corporations hiring employees and selling products to consumers.

How Airbnb Uses Payments To Stay Competitive
How Airbnb Uses Payments To Stay Competitive
February 28, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

Consumers who rent a vacation home through Airbnb must trust that the keys will be there for them upon arrival, as much as the host...

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A Maritime Side Hustle? Disbursements Drop Anchor In Boatsharing Platforms
A Maritime Side Hustle? Disbursements Drop Anchor In Boatsharing Platforms
February 19, 2019  |  Disbursements

From Uber to Airbnb, the sharing economy opens many opportunities for consumers to monetize assets they own, but don’t always use — like those holes...

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Outdoorsy On Adventure Travelers, Driveway Surfers And Trying To Be The Airbnb For RVs
Outdoorsy On Adventure Travelers, Driveway Surfers And Trying To Be The Airbnb For RVs
February 11, 2019  |  Retail

Entrepreneurs sometimes see opportunity in places that are far from the hustle and bustle of city life: When spending time in San Francisco, Outdoorsy Co-founder...

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IKEA Tests Subscriptions In The Sharing Economy Age
IKEA Tests Subscriptions In The Sharing Economy Age
February 06, 2019  |  Retail

Brick-and-mortar retailers are reinventing their business models amid changes in consumer preferences and the emergence of the sharing economy. IKEA, which is known for selling...

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Foodnome: Chefs Open ‘Home Restaurants’ With Marketplaces
Foodnome: Chefs Open ‘Home Restaurants’ With Marketplaces
January 11, 2019  |  Retail

Entrepreneurs often stumble upon business ideas at key points in their lives. Akshay Prabhu, who later founded home restaurant startup Foodnome, was studying neuroscience at...

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Say Goodbye To Ridesharing As We Know It
Say Goodbye To Ridesharing As We Know It
November 27, 2018  |  Ridesharing

For decades, it stood as a rite of passage for so many consumers: buying one’s first car. However, according to many experts, vehicle ownership has...

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Boatsetter’s Slow Sail Into The Sharing Economy
Boatsetter’s Slow Sail Into The Sharing Economy
November 09, 2018  |  Retail

Two-party marketplaces are complicated, and three-party marketplace are so complicated as to be almost unheard of. And yet, that is exactly what Florida-based Boatsetter has...

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What Does Blockchain Have To Do With The Gig Economy?
What Does Blockchain Have To Do With The Gig Economy?
October 23, 2018  |  Gig Economy

In the pre-mobile world, in the time before the Uberization of every conceivable service, the gig economy existed — just not in the highly organized...

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Tulerie On Liberating High-End Fashion From Closets With Platform Rentals
Tulerie On Liberating High-End Fashion From Closets With Platform Rentals
October 17, 2018  |  Retail

The world is full of beautiful clothes — sitting in closets, going unworn. In fact, according to Tulerie Co-founders Merri Smith, COO, and Violet Gross,...

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