When we were about to launch Swap4Schools we talked to five schools to help us get it going. I was delighted that my alma mater of Fitchburg High School could be part of this. Rich Masciarelli, the FHS Principal, was excited about a way for the library, which has no budget for new books, would be [...]
Thanks to FoxBusiness for the shout out in a post about the top ways to get rid of something. I am a bit biased but I think Swap.com is surely right up there…we help people get rid of things… but they can get something back that they want as part of that effort. Now with Swap4Schools getting [...]
Thanks to hosts Chrissy Coughlin and Diana Dean for the invitation to come onto their Radio Green Talk. The mission for their show is to get at the nexus of economic and environmental sustainability. It is a big mission. They have some great guests on their show to share their views and [...]
I think the sharing economy is very cool. Shareable does a really nice job covering this emerging market space. I thought it would be interesting to write a guest post for Shareable that told the story about how Swap.com, a leader in the sharing economy, has taken a unique approach to sharing office [...]
Swap.com is a pretty special community. Over the last few years this community has grown to 1 million members all coming together to make the most of what they have by swapping for things they want. Today books are the largest category in our marketplace as our members have listed millions of book [...]
Entrepreneurship is the American way. When Steve Case, the AOL founder, was in Boston last fall for MassChallenge, he talked about the keys to success for start ups being a combination of “People, Passion and Perseverance.” Every entrepreneur who has succeeded would agree. Of course you need to add some capital in there too.
As the [...]
If you live in a climate with snow, we have all gotten stuck with our car at least once. There is a big range on what can happen. From slipping into a snow bank or our tires are just spinning on compacted snow/ice…bottomline is, that all of this renders us immobile. It is one of [...]
The holy grail of entrepreneurship… taking a venture public. It has been a rocky time for entrepreneurs and ventures with this goal. The credit crunch, mortgage crisis and overall economic environment has stymied initial offerings for the last several years. Surely some companies did go out…but not many.
Yesterday, Demand Media sold 8.9 million shares at [...]
TechStars is a super program for entrepreneurs to jump start their ideas into a business. It has been great to participate as a Mentor the last two years as TechStars Boston helped incubate nearly twenty business ventures. I am very excited that Katie Rae has come on board as Director of TechStars Boston. [...]
Millions of people swap stuff all of the time. It is a legitimiate and massive form of commerce. Swap.com is building the largest community of swappers on the planet through our online market and offline events. This is something to celebrate! So Swap.com is hosting “National Swap Day 2011.”
We kick off National Swap Day [...]
