I am pleased to host a summit on the topic of Collaborative Consumption, this evening, 6-8pm at Bentley University. The details for the event can be found on this post.
Collaborative Consumption is an important movement in this day and age across the globe. We as the citizens of this world must rationalize our consumption patterns [...]
I wrote an editorial for Huffington Post and it was published today. I was struck by something Arianna Huffington wrote a couple of weeks ago about “purpose in times of transition.“ Huffington’s post offered an interesting perspective on how we, as citizens and owners of our own space, view our daily options. I see this [...]
We are big Zappos fans in my house. The cool Zappos boxes surely “deliver happiness,” actually the whole service does.
I really love what Tony Hsieh has accomplished… built a great team with solid values and principles… they have all joined forces with the goal to serve their partners and customers like no other company [...]
There is no way that a domain name like Swap.com is generic. A generic product is the can of beans in the super market that has the white label with black lettering spelling “B-E-A-N-S.” For years I have struggled with this monicker for the most valuable Internet real estate on the web. No more.
I really [...]
I am pleased to join Lisa Gansky, a serial entrepreneur, on a panel at Babson College next week. Ms Gansky, who is releasing a book that is entitled “The Mesh,” this month. Swap.com is a leading peer-to-peer platform that is featured in “The Mesh.”
“The Mesh.” is a timely book about the [...]
As part of my entrepreneurial outreach I am supporting the MassChallenge program. I really like what MassChallenge is doing… the scale with over 100 ventures… the environment… the mentorship access… the innovation that is being unleashed… and the entrepreneurial energy that is fermenting.
As part of my commitment, I created this presentation on the topic [...]
Facebook has established a user base of over 500 million people across the globe. That is a very large user base. And it is growing every day.
I am a big fan of Facebook. It is like a living yearbook for many aspects of my life. It gets better all the time as more and more [...]
Rachel Botsman and Roo Rogers released their book, “What’s Mine Is Yours” today. This book is a well research manifesto on a very important economic trend…collaborative consumption.
Today Rachel and Roo got the opportunity for a guest post in the Huffington Post to introduce their book and five companies that are “hot” in the collaborative consumption [...]
Every business venture needs a plan. A key to this planning is the process. Business planning must include the team.. be tansparent.. blend bottoms up and top down inputs. The best plans are neither sandbagged or full of hot air. They find the right equilibrium in between.
An effective plan then should provide extra incentives to [...]
The Swapaholics are hosting a super cool fashion swap on September 30 as part of Boston Fashion Week. Swap.com is pleased to sponsor this event. We hope all of the Swapaholics in the Boston area come out to swap some fashion that night.
