The Business of Sharing

Providing a colorful insight into the people at the forefront of the emergent Sharing Economy, a movement predicted to already be worth around $26B a year, this book gives vital advice to anyone thinking of starting or investing in a collaborative consumption business. The first of its kind, written by an author on the forefront of this new trend.

Exciting, entrepreneurial author provides expert insight from an author who is experienced and highly successful First business book on the growing global trend of shared economy, making it the must-have book for professional interested Current topic in global media, this trend is becoming increasingly popular Practical and instructional guide for other entrepreneurs to create rewarding opportunities in the sharing economy

Autorentext
Alex Stephany is the CEO of JustPark (formerly ParkatmyHouse), one of Europe's most renowned sharing economy businesses. Backed by the venture capital arm of BMW and Index Ventures, JustPark is the world's largest website for shared parking with over a million customers. Educated at Oxford University where he read English, Stephany is also a mentor at TechStars, a leading tech accelerator programme. Stephany and JustPark have been featured by ABC, CNBC, NPR, The Daily Telegraph, The Financial Times, The BBC, Wired, The New York Times and Bloomberg among many others.

Inhalt
Prologue: The Billion Dollar Moustache 1. Architects: Building on New Ground 2. We the People: Selfish Sharers 3. Founders: Visionaries and Doers 4. Investors: All Bets are On (All $3 Billion Of Them) 5. Corporates: Angry, Afraid - and In 6. Governments: Fits and Starts Epilogue: A Shared Future?