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What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption is a groundbreaking original book that includes dozens of stories of how entrepreneurs and businesses are innovating in the space of Collaborative Consumption.
"A remarkably hopeful and accessible book about a social revolution gaining momentum." Financial Times
Collaborative Consumption has the potential to fundamentally change the way we think about designing and planning our cities as we incorporate shared transport, flexible multi-use spaces, interactive retail and hyper-local services.
Robin Wauters, TechCrunch — January 6, 2012
"Colbert Asks Steve Case About The Sharing Economy..."
Martin Bryant, The Next Web — January 3, 2012
"5 Start-up Trends for 2012"
Max Levchin, GigaOm — December 27, 2011
"Think Big, Take Risks"
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Maria Popova, DesignObserver — January 24, 2011
The Age of Coworking: Collaborative Consumption for the Creative Community"
The shift from an ownership economy to an economy of sharing has been one of the most important movements of the past few years - a concept most eloquently captured in Rachel Botsman’s notion of collaborative consumption.
Eric Schonfield, TechCrunch — January 20, 2011
Collaborative Fund Aims To Seed Startups That Compete On Values And Collaborative Consumption
Collaborative Fund to invest in startups focused on two themes: collaborative consumption and those which use their values as a competitive weapon.
Jenna Wortham, The New York Times — December 26, 2010
Online Bazaar Builds on Its Base With Sense of Community
Craft marketplace Etsy doubles its community to seven million people in the last year.
Mireya Navarro, The New York Times — December 22, 2010
"In A Tight Holiday Season, Some Turn To Barter"
Bartering, an age-old mode of commerce, has taken hold this year as the recession draws a broader spectrum of people trading everything from designer clothes to guitar lessons.
Jenna Wortham, The New York Times — December 10, 2010
"Airbnb Raises Cash to Expand Budget-Travel Service"
Airbnb receives $7.2 million in its latest round of venture financing.
Glenn Croston, Fast Company — October 26, 2010
"Swapping Our Way To A New Life In The Conserver Economy"
Swapping platforms help us tap into the assets that lay idle around us, giving them new purpose with someone else.
Spiegel Online — October 5, 2010
"Trailblazing in Paris: E-Car Scheme to Tackle City's Permanent Congestion"
Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe considers implementing a public car-sharing scheme utilizing battery-powered cars by June 2011.
Fast Company, Addy Dugdale — August 31, 2010
"Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Start-Up WhipCar Is Zooming Down ZipCar's Lane"
New UK P2P car sharing platform is scaling up at a rapid rate
Guardian, Jason Halliday — August 23, 2010
"Elevator Pitch: goCarShare aims to fill millions of empty car seats"
goCarShare uses Facebook to build a trusted ride-sharing network in the UK
TechCrunch Alexia Tsotsis — August 23, 2010
"Carpool Community Zimride Lands $1.2 Million In Seed Funding"
Ride-share start-up Zimride receives seed funding from FLOODGATE and K9 Ventures
Wall Street Sharing, Anne Kadet — August 21, 2010
"Beyond File Sharing"
A new generation of sharing organisations take off in NYC
INC Magazine — July 19, 2010
"America's Coolest Entrepreneurs"
Airbnb founders make 30 under 30 list
TechCrunch — July 14, 2010
"SolarCity Wins $21.5 Million Funding Round from Mayfield"
SolarCity announces an injection of funding from Mayfield Fund
The New York Times — July 12, 2010
"Europe Without Hotels"
The lowdown on P2P travel.
Fast Company Magazine — June 21, 2010
"Brother, Can You Spare a Blender?"
The scoop on P2P rentals
GOOD magazine — June 14, 2010
"U.S's Largest Bike Sharing System Launches"
Minneapolis launches Nice Ride
Fast Company Magazine — June 6, 2010
"The Hub Bay Area: Where Change Agents Share Space and Ideas"
The Hub SoMa is part of a greater organization called The Hub, both a physical space and a virtual network now found in 12 cities and five continents worldwide.
Fast Company — June 1, 2010
"Zipcar Whizzing Toward an IPO"
Zipcar is going public.
This is Money — May 19, 2010
"New social lending site to rival Zopa"
New P2P Social Lending Site Launches
The Guardian — April 22, 2010
"WhipCar launches neighbor-to-neighbor car rental scheme"
The next generation of P2P car sharing launches in the U.K..
GOOD — April 12, 2010
"A Borrower and a Lender Be"
Nice piece on “virtual commune” platform Bright Neighbor.
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"5 Start-up Trends for 2012"
Max Levchin, GigaOm — December 27, 2011
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Derek Thompson, The Atlantic — November 9, 2011
How Steve Case and His Company Are Driving the Sharing Economy
Kevin Lee, Forbes — October 25, 2011
"Can China Lead The Development of a Shared Value Economy?"
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