ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Francesca Pick, an American citizen born and raised in Germany, is a B.A. graduate in Communication & Cultural Management from Zeppelin University. She wrote her bachelor thesis about collaborative consumption
Francesca Pick, an American citizen born and raised in Germany, is a B.A. graduate in Communication & Cultural Management from Zeppelin University. She wrote her bachelor thesis about collaborative consumption and building trust in peer-to-peer marketplaces, for which she won an award by Microsoft about the potential of IT in Europe. She is a core member of the global community OuiShare and is co-editor of OuiShare magazine. Before and during her studies, Francesca interned in Germany, the USA and Italy in the fields of marketing, PR, sales and advertising and worked at the student founded agency “Spread the Word” for social business development. This sparked her interest in sustainable business models and the sharing economy.
I share my room in my appartment over Airbnb and Couchsurfing and I share rides over carpooling.com as a driver and passenger.
