The Sharing Economy
TaskRabbit is "the one company that is changing the way people are thinking about labor."
Sharing goes from a niche market to mainstream
Some of the partners were increasingly convinced that TaskRabbit is " going to create the dominant labor marketplace."
TaskRabbit announced its total capital infusion had increased to $38 million
DANIELLE SACKS | Fast Company
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Of all the big ideas to emerge out of Silicon Valley in the past decade, none seem to resonate with personal computing’s counterculture roots as much as the so-called sharing economy.
We all have stuff that often goes unused: our cars, our homes, our talent. So instead of buying more, let’s share.
MARCUS WOHLSEN | Wired
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“This is a movement as important as when the web browser came out.”
“We’re moving from a world where we’re organized around ownership to one organized around access to assets,”
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“In 20 years we won’t be able to imagine a world where we didn’t have access to things through collaborative consumption.”
Tomio Geron | Forbes
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