James Reinhart of thredUP, Joe Gebbia of Airbnb, Lauren Anderson of Collaborative Consumption, and Leah Busque of TaskRabbit discuss the future of peer-to-peer sharing services at SXSW. Read more »
SXSW Interactive 2012 will be here before we even know it. As you plan your schedules for the week, be sure to slot in Shareable’s panel and party, as well as other events we recommend. Read more »
Tight budgets and the Internet have given rise to startups like Airbnb. That is, unless an existing thicket of rules and regulations on the operation of hotels strangles the emerging eBay of empty bedrooms.
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Do current reputation systems like Klout or Trustcloud do an effective enough job of establishing trust to work for collaborative consumption services? Read more »
The Airbnb debacle has had a profound effect on the sharing economy, with both users and entrepreneurs discussing what steps collaborative consumption startups need to take to ensure trust among users. Read more »
Janelle Orsi of the Sustainable Economies Law Center on the legal pitfalls of collaborative consumption and the need for sharing-friendly laws. Read more »
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