Peer to peer trading of spare or surplus capacity to provide items or perform services
In my last post I looked at some of the technologies that are ushering in the decentralized energy revolution, such as cheap solar power, home batteries and the blockchain. But there’s another type of battery that could also change the way we store and use energy –...
What's your time worth? Some people might struggle to answer that question. But for time bank members it's a no-brainer: one hour of time equals one Time Credit. Time banking is an old concept that dovetails neatly with the sharing economy. Members offer their skills...
Fairmondo is an eBay-like marketplace specialising in ethical goods and services. But sellers and buyers don’t just use the platform. They own it. It’s one of a number of platform cooperatives hoping to shake up the sharing economy through community-run alternatives...
There is a radical change taking place in Africa, much of which is as a result of the emergence of the crowd economy. There are two key underlying reasons for this assertion. 1. Not only does Africa have a population that is forecast to grow from one billion today to...
I’ve always said that crowdsourcing is about passion, talents, skills and tangible resources. It’s already a major part of many people’s lives and it manifests itself at a personal level through contributing surplus assets, such as a spare bedroom, car space on a...
Will the convergence of sharing economy and automotive industry transform the future of transportation? This week's breaking news says so. The biggest direct investment deal so far this New Year is General Motors (GM) investing $500 million in the ridesharing company,...
Holiday season is already here and in a few more weeks, it will be 2016! And for this week, here is a curated weekly roundup of the breaking news and must-read thought leadership pieces on the crowd economy spotted by the Crowdsourcing Week team. From Goldman Sachs...
As I write this article, Beijing has issued its first ever Red Alert on account of lethal air pollution. The “Airpocalyptic” view from my desk made me question the way we look at ridesharing and on-demand platforms. They are not just the next profit-making startup...
Last decade was about YOU - the next decade will be about WE. Welcome to the new world of what Epi Ludvik Nekaj refers to as “Crowd Capital”. Just as the democratization of content in the past decade led to structural disruption in media-related sectors, the emerging...
Today marks a breakthrough in the peer-to-peer ridesharing industry in Brussels and Europe. On day 3 of CSW Europe 2015, that focused on 'Smart Cities and Future of Mobility', Alex Gaschard, CEO of CarAmigo, the Belgian peer-2-peer car sharing marketplace makes an...
While scouting for global tourism and travel data, I found out that this trillion-dollar industry is undergoing “a rapid recovery” from the 2008 recession according IBIS World Research Company. Based on the recent report, travelers from emerging countries such as Asia...
Ride-sharing and carpooling have been popular under the sharing economy slice. Uber popularized it, spawning to various ridesharing apps to monetization strategies worldwide to big brands such as Audi, Ford and BMW jumping on the bandwagon with a custom sharing...