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By Robert Vaughan A few weeks ago we published our UK Hotels Forecast for 2015, mapping out the opportunities, challenges and growth prospects for UK hotels. 
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Sharing economy entrepreneurs' success depends on how well they know their users and how much they can foster the community that grew from their platform.
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Some of the UK’s leading sharing economy businesses have announced a new trade body for the sector, UKShareCo.
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Members of the General Assembly have begun sifting through issues related to taxing and regulations of services that allow people to rent a room in their house or a ride in their car.
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Elon Musk riding high.
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Sixteen thoughts to share on Uber, Lyft and the rest of the “sharing economy”:
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ental app Airbnb has teamed up KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to offer tech-savvy travellers the chance to stay in what Airbnb call a “pimped out” jet.
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Peers, a sharing economy member organization, is all about about the power of sharing. But it's not immune to the power of straight commerce, either. Peers was founded last year and had focused mostly on legal advocacy.
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Uber, Lyft and Airbnb are trying to combat discrimination within their communities. Are they doing enough?
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Before you start throwing money at paid channels, take a breath. Think about the growth you need over the next few years, not weeks or months.
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HomeAway's lawsuit against Airbnb and the Uber subprime auto loan controversy highlight an uncomfortable fact of the emerging digital-sharing economy: They're still just businesses.
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I've been thinking a lot the last couple of days about UberX -- that's the ride-sharing service where you use your smartphone to summon a ride from a regular driver in his personal car, for less money than a taxi -- not to mention Spotify, Airbnb, Facebook,. In other words, all the things out there that save us money by devaluing or possibly eliminating the middle-class job that used to provide them. If you want to get fancy, call it "the sharing economy."
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The Shared-Use Farm Equipment (SUFE) Pool is a partnership between the Maine Farmland Trust (MFT) and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) that lends out larger farming pieces in an effort to diffuse the costs of effective but expensive gear.
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In the Q1 2014 issue of WARC's Market Leader, my article on the sharing economy praised the work of Airbnb and Uber for creating a world where everyone had the chance to experience entrepreneurship...
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The Sharing Economy means money saving AND money making opportunities for aspiring micro-moguls.
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It is likely that these services will just exacerbate the differences that already exist in the quality of public transit in different areas. The localities that invested and ran their systems well won't be as impacted.
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The last time I looked in Webster’s dictionary, “shared†was defined as “to have or use (something) with others, to divide (something) into parts and each take or use a part.†[...] in other words, a “ride share†is two or more...
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Sixteen thoughts to share on Uber, Lyft and the rest of the “sharing economy”:
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This free, online event was held on May 9, 2012, and was convened by the Ash Center's Government Innovators Network. Visit the Government Innovators Network to view the slide presentations...
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I recently asked my taxi driver what he thought of Uber. His response?: “I love it, it costs me an arm and a leg to rent this taxi. I’ve been driving for 8 hours already and haven’t earned enough yet to cover the overhead of renting this taxi from the owner. The next four hours of my night are crucial to me making a profit.”
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The organization's new site looks helpful, but let's call it what it is: a marketplace.
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The sharing economy seems to be going from strength to strength. The poster child of sharing, Airbnb recently had a valuation of $10 billion and reported revenue of $250 million last year.
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Car rental and other forms of ‘pay-as-you-go’ road transport will need further government support if they are to deliver their full potential in the government’s vision of a ‘Sharing Economy’.
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HomeAway's lawsuit against Airbnb and the Uber subprime auto loan controversy highlight an uncomfortable fact of the emerging digital-sharing economy
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Peer-to-peer marketplaces are growing more popular not only with consumers but with small businesses as well.
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