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Check App. Accept Job. Repeat. In the Sharing Economy, Workers Find Both Freedom and Uncertainty EXTRACT Ms. Guidry, 35, earns money by using her own car to ferry around strangers for Uber, Lyft and Sidecar, ride services that let people summon drivers on demand via apps. She also assembles furniture and tends gardens for clients …
The Locust Economy Venkat RibbonFarm, 3 April 2013 Last week, I figured out that I am a part-time locust. Here’s how it happened. I was picking the brain of a restauranteur for insight into things like Groupon. He confirmed what we all understand in the abstract: that these deals are terrible for the businesses that …
Singapore’s sharing economy is on the rise However, observers say the emerging sector has run into some legal snags, while businesses band together to navigate regulatory grey areas EXTRACTS Besides personal assets, services like transport and holiday accommodation can also be made available for sharing. This idea of collaborative consumption allows individuals to buy from …
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Slideshare, 20 slides. The Sharing Economy Lacks a Shared Definition Giving meaning to the terms TERMINOLOGY CONFUSION There are different terms being used to describe the growing space that includes the likes of Airbnb, Lyft, Zipcar, and Taskrabbit. Namely, the ‘Sharing Economy,’ ‘Peer Economy,’ ‘Collaborative Consumption,’ and the ‘Collaborative Economy.’ Do these terms have different …
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The Sharing Economy Will Thrive Only If Government Doesn’t Strangle It R. J. Lehmann Reason.com, 2 August 2014 We’re unlocking unthinkable amounts of capital and lawmakers stand in the way. The so-called sharing economy is many things to many people. To Wall Street and Silicon Valley, firms like Uber and Airbnb offer tantalizing market capitalizations, …
Sharing economy shares assets and business opportunities Peter Ladner Business Vancouver, 22 July 2014 One of the most disruptive business trends of recent years is growing at an alarming rate. It’s called the sharing economy, or collaborative consumption. The premise is pretty simple: use digital technology to reap the advantages of ownership without actually owning …
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Chesky argues that the ability to profit from sharing assets is a business model both resistant to recession and to the coming robot work-apocalypse. Airbnb CEO spells out the end game for the sharing economy, in 7 quotes Gregory Ferenstein VentureBeat, 2 July 2014
