Keynote Slides: The Collaborative Economy provides Opportunities for Corporations

What role do corporations play if customers don’t need them?  What if the people who used to be their customers get their goods and services from each other?  I’d love to answer that at your next event. That’s exactly the question that our research answers … Continue readingKeynote Slides: The Collaborative Economy provides Opportunities for Corporations

When Google Enables Sharing, the Ecosystem Changes

I have now begun writing for the Huffington Post, covering the Collaborative Economy in the Business Section.  The content will focus on news insights in this rapidly changing market and what it means to corporations.  I hope to cross-post the articles when it makes sense (as … Continue readingWhen Google Enables Sharing, the Ecosystem Changes

In the Collaborative Economy, Your Company Becomes a Service

Above image is a screenshot from the keynote speech showcasing our research report on the Collaborative Economy, this post explores the first of three models. What can business leaders do to leverage the sharing revolution? Something counterintuitive, try other business models beyond selling to build … Continue readingIn the Collaborative Economy, Your Company Becomes a Service

Provide a Platform for the Crowd to Become Your Company

Above Image: Screenshot taken from keynote presentation on the Collaborative Economy.I’m about to tell you that in the most advanced form of the Collaborative Economy, the crowd becomes the company. To set the context, this post is the most advanced form of the Collaborative Economy, and … Continue readingProvide a Platform for the Crowd to Become Your Company

The Many Forms of Transaction in the Collaborative Economy

Above Image:  An advanced view of the Collaborative Economy Value Chain in an ‘exploded’ view.  This exclusive image, which was not included in the seminal report on the Collaborative Economy, shows a potential new business model that taps into new transactions beyond traditional selling.  In the final … Continue readingThe Many Forms of Transaction in the Collaborative Economy

Infographic: Collaborative Economy Startups Proliferating

This inforgraphic is part of my ongoing coverage of the collaborative economy (see all posts), which is the next phase of the social business. What’s that? We’ve published a seminal report on what it means for corporations including video, slides and additional resources.  Altimeter’s segmented 200 … Continue readingInfographic: Collaborative Economy Startups Proliferating

Internet Phases: Past, Present, and Future

Thanks to you, last week’s Report on the Collaborative Economy was readily received, and has been viewed over 26,000 times.  The media and bloggers alike have picked up on it.  As we digest what it means, it’s important to recognize that this is the next phase … Continue readingInternet Phases: Past, Present, and Future

Report: Corporations must join the Collaborative Economy (Slides, Video)

Right now, customers are sharing media and ideas on social technologies, in the near future, they’ll use similar technologies to share products and services, which will cause a ripple of impacts far more disruptive than what we’ve seen before. [The Collaborative Economy is an economic … Continue readingReport: Corporations must join the Collaborative Economy (Slides, Video)