Ever wonder how well companies are performing. Esp if you don’t have access to their financials? One big clue is the organic social media chatter being discussed about them. Which we refer to as a component called mindshare. The above graphic (upper right is best) shows how AirBnb has far […]
Ideas on social technologies, in the near future, they’ll use similar technologies to share products and services, which will cause a ripple of impacts far more disruptive than what we’ve seen before. [The Collaborative Economy is an economic model where ownership and access are shared between people, startups, and corporations] […]
And has been viewed over 26,000 times. The media and bloggers alike have picked up on it. As we digest what it means. It’s important to recognize that this is the next phase of the internet and the next phase of social business. An interesting finding is that the second […]
Which is the next phase of the social business. What’s that? We’ve published a seminal report on what it means for corporations including video. Slides and additional resources. Altimeter’s segmented 200 sharing startups to find out why and how these disruptive startups are spreading across many verticals. Here’s some of […]
AMI have now begun writing for the Huffington Post. Covering the Collaborative Economy in the Business Section. The content will focus on news insights in this rapidly changing market and what it means to corporations. I hope to cross-post the articles when it makes sense (as below). Or simply link […]
What if the people who used to be their customers. Get their goods and services from each other? I’d love to answer that at your next event. That’s exactly the question that our research answers after analyzing 200 of the startups. And interviewing three dozen experts (you can read the […]
What it means for consumers (Airbnb, Lyft, Uber) but what does it mean to corporations? This post will answer that question. Companies that tap into the crowd for instant workers (oDesk or Taskrabbit for business). Or to unlock their idle inventory to it into cash (Liquidspace, Shardesk). To tap into […]
Your garage or built by your neighbors? When I learned about the Wikispeed auto project. Wikispeed is a business that crowd sourced designs. Production, development, and has created a SAE registered. Road legal approved car the Wikispeed SGT01 Car. Now on sale in limited quantities. This case example is part […]
Peruse all my posts, which go back a few pages. First, let’s define what we’re talking about. Like Craigslist or eBay. We’re seeing new marketplaces emerge with a more concentrated focus on every business. They offer features that enable sellers to offer their ware. And buyers to offer bids, exchange […]
Trends in our society. I’ve collected these from my personal interviews, events at Stanford, and as a participant at the Aspen Institute. Here are some of the broad trends that I see happening and giving wind to the backs of these growing startups: From global to personalized-local. Stemming from the […]
I’ve covered the investment leaders by frequency and looked at funding in a category of 200 startups. I found that 37% had been funded, with some receiving very large cash injections. In the recent past, there have been some significant material events in the Collaborative Economy, including the following: VCs […]
Packaged goods, durable goods, and some of the top retailer brands in the entire world. I’m here to speak to 300 corporate folks, at an event hosted by Magnet 360, Salesforce, and Marketo. What am I going to tell them? That people are shifting their behaviors and, enabled by internet […]
