Collaborative Economy

Browse posts about the Collaborative Economy, also known as the Sharing Economy – a collaborative economic model built around the sharing of human and physical resources by people & organizations.

Say Goodbye to Coding for Industrial Production

In a world where everyone talks about the next industrial revolution, Industry 4.0, what would make coding special? What would a differentiator, a breakthrough, not just another nice-to-have feature?  Our answer at WonderLogix is to use of plain English versus code...

Count on Mathesia to Improve Innovation

Mathesia is a crowdsourcing-based innovation platform headquartered in Italy, though available globally, that brings together a highly specialized crowd of about 3,000 vetted mathematicians and data scientists from around the world. Since launching in 2014, Mathesia’s...

10 of the BOLDest Accelerator Hubs In Europe

The first ever annual BOLD Awards gala dinner ceremony to announce the 12 category winners will take place April 5 on the campus of H-FARM just outside Venice, Italy. H-FARM is an innovation platform which supports and accelerates the creation of new startup...

In Blockchain We Trust

Tech headlines today herald the potential impact of blockchain technology on industries such as crowdsourcing, transportation, and inter-company collaboration (supply chains). We’re inundated today with projects targeting these markets and many people think it’s quite...

Q&A with Oren Alazraki, CEO of Horizon State

Horizon State has leveraged blockchain’s immutable distributed ledger technology to redesign the way that opinion is solicited, votes are cast, and collaborative decisions are made. Horizon State reshapes interactions between the public sector, wider businesses and...

What’s Next for Gig-Economy Payments?

Sometimes I work with freelancers. No, that's not true. I turn to freelancers almost every day: I ride Lyft and order food from Uber-Eats. When I go on a vacation I use Airbnb; when I shop I visit Etsy.com. Sometimes I ask for creative and marketing assistance on...

Q&A with Rob Israch, CMO, Tipalti

California-based Tipalti, founded in 2010 by serial entrepreneur Chen Amit and underground VC Oren Zeev, was created to address the difficulties associated with making mass global payments. It does this through a comprehensive cloud-based solution that automates all...

The Best Motivation Always Comes From Within

Many giant companies have something in common: they are constantly engaged in crowdsourcing activities with their customers. Whether for ideation, research and development, testing or marketing, obtaining ideas or services from a large group of people can solve...