The Sharing Economy

The Sharing Economy

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Free people from the shackles of low-paying jobs,

TaskRabbit is "the one company that is changing the way people are thinking about labor."

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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.”

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