They say sharing is caring and the latest economic trend seems to agree. The “sharing economy” is a socio-economic ecosystem that’s built around the sharing of both human and physical resources. Whether you’ve hailed an Uber car, hired someone to…
Recently, while attending a CEO event, I was asked the question: “What do you think will be the future of online travel?” It took me a little bit of time to answer this question. Not because I didn’t have an…
In my previous post, I mentioned the tremendous Chinese growth and how big its online market space was. Let’s now go into a little bit more detail. For years the Internet in China has been regulated by what we describe…
What killed the Monitor Group, the consulting firm co-founded by the legendary business guru, Michael Porter, author of the famous five-force analysis well known by MBA students and management consultants around the world? In November 2012, Monitor was unable to…
Born inSydney, Fred Schebesta is an internet entrepreneur whose latest venture, Finder.com.au, aspires to shake up the online comparison industry inAustralia. Fred was inspired to enter the financial comparison space when he realised the need for Australians to compare financial…
Originally from London, England, Neil is an American entrepreneur that I met a few years ago while I was speaking at a conference in Chicago. He is the co-founder and Marketing VP of KISSmetrics, a web analytics system used by…
According to Crowdsourcing.org, venture Capitalists invested more than $280 million in 35 Crowdsourcing companies in 2011. This was confirmed by a comprehensive report published in Ferburay 2012 produced by Massolution a research firm specializing in crowdsourcing solutions. After data were…
Facebook has just acquired another startup, the location-based mobile app Glancee. Glancee helps you discover the hidden connections you share with the people around you by highlighting people that have friends in common, that went to the same school, that work in…
According to this infographic from Schools.com over 50% of people have learned about breaking news via social media rather than official news source and Social Media has become the third top news sources. But can we trust the news that social…
Last week, it was with pleasure that I caught up with Justin Babet. I have known him for years while he was the MD of Xpand, a recruitment firm with activities in Australia and APAC. But this time it wasn’t…