During these unstable economic times many people are realizing that they have far more “stuff” in their life than they actually need or regularly use. This beautiful graphic from the forward thinking folks at Collaborative Fund, looks at the many ways we can take those items and share them with our community… even making good money on them in the process!
Full of highly useful links, the graphic points us toward such clever community based websites as AirBnb.com (rent your house or room out to travelers), i-ella.com (buy, borrow, swap or lend clothing) and parkatmyhouse.com (rent parking at private residences).
The brain child of entrepreneur Craig Shapiro, Collaborative Fund seeks to fulfill their rather nobel goal of being “the leading source of capital and strategic support for creative entrepreneurs who want to change the world.” They aim to encourage a climate of ethical values regarding who we work for, how we spend our money and our time, while also influencing a “shift from an economy based on hyper-consumption to one based on Collaborative Consumption.” Based on the current technological ease of communication and the wide array of community-minded projects popping up, we think their fund really has legs. Check out the attractive site collaborativefund.com for the latest.
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This is excellent stuff. I think collaborative consumption is the future.
Another example of this http://sharemystorage.com – it brings together two different groups of people; those who have spare space and those who need spare space for storage.
So many other examples like crashpadder and airbnb for rooms and whipcar for cars. Its great, we all win!
Just stumbled on this. Cool infographic! I’d like to add that it’s more than just housing and transportation– it’s also collaboration in how we work. Enter coworking.
Part of the new ‘collaborative economy’ dominated by companies like AirBnB, Zipcar, and ThredUp– coworking and collaborative workspaces are revolutionizing how we work.
Across the country, coworking spaces like Affinity Lab, Indy Hall, Gangplank, NextSpace, The Hub, and pariSoma are prompting the rise of a new generation of entrepreneurs who play by different rules.
Coworking is the phenomenon of people coming together in a shared space for one or more of these reasons: to cut costs by sharing facilities and equipment, to access a community of fellow entrepreneurs, and/or to seek out collaboration within and across fields. Working independently in a communal space, workers from different backgrounds and industries create thriving communities where creative sparks fly and interesting things happen.
-Genevieve DeGuzman, co-author, Working in the UnOffice (CoworkingGuide.com)