by Dick Metzler, Chief Marketing Officer, uShip / One in a series of periodic guest columns by industry thought leaders. / If you have ever purchased something on eBay, hailed a ride from Uber or vacationed in Airbnb lodging, you’ve participated in the sharing economy. The commonality with these on-demand companies is that customers transact… Read More
Platform Economy
The Sharing Economy Goes B-to-B
By Joel Makower, GreenBiz / State of Green Business Report 2016 / If you Google the terms “Uber for X” or “Airbnb for X,” you’ll come up with thousands of entries referring to companies trying to be the next big thing in the so-called sharing economy. Among them: the “Airbnb” for campsites, boats, bicycles and… Read More