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Building a Business

The Sharing Economy Is Taking Off: Get On the Rocket or Risk Being Left Behind

For business owners, the sharing economy is too big an opportunity to miss and too big a risk not to mitigate, according to a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

By Catherine Clifford

Building a Business

Why Billionaire Investor Reid Hoffman Is Betting Big on Bitcoin

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Building a Business

How to Survive In a Market That You’re Inventing

By Robert Wallace

Building a Business

Airbnb Lands in Cuba

By Catherine Clifford

Tech

Sailo Wants to Be Your Airbnb for Yachting

This new startup connects boat owners with renters.

By Catherine Clifford

Business News

Can’t Find a Place on Airbnb? Here Are 4 Alternatives.

Here are some other services cashing in on home-sharing cool.

By Christina Valhouli

Building a Business

9 Ideas to Make a Side Income While Growing Your Business

What if you could get a side hustle that would help bring in a healthy secondary income to alleviate some of that financial stress?

By Darrah Brustein

Building a Business

The Sharing Economy Enters the Business of Business Travel

With alternatives like Airbnb, should business travelers still check into hotels?

By Elaine Glusac

Thought Leaders

How These 3 Entrepreneurs Are Building Airbnb Empires to Quit Their Day Jobs

The sharing economy increasingly looks like the quickest route to your own business for most people.

By Yoav Vilner

Tech

Forget Airbnb: Would You Let Strangers Use Your Bathroom Through Airpnp?

From our perspective, Airbnb for toilets seems like a shitty idea.

By Kate Taylor

Business Legal

Airbnb Hostess Who Earned $61,000 in 9 Months Now Faces Eviction, Judge Rules

The battle against Airbnb in New York City rages onward.

By Geoff Weiss

Building a Business

Good News for Airbnb Hosts and Uber Drivers: Here Comes Insurance

The independent sharing economy organization Peers unveils plans for two insurance programs for individuals working in the sharing economy.

By Catherine Clifford

Building a Business

What’s Next for the Sharing Economy?

With successes such as Uber and Airbnb, peer-to-peer businesses are here to stay.

By Matt Villano

Business News

How the Sharing Economy is Booming Without Hurting the Environment

The emerging sharing economy is perhaps the premiere example of how technology and social media create wealth by making use of what we already have.

By John Boitnott

Thought Leaders

Welcome, Guesty: A Company That Helps Manage and Maintain Airbnb Properties

The company is a middle-man you never knew you needed.

By Andrew Tilin

Business News

Is Airbnb ‘Great for New York City?’ New York’s AG Definitely Doesn’t Think So.

He released a scathing report, which challenges the company's presentation of itself as a benevolent force for the average New Yorker.

By Laura Entis

Business Legal

Airbnb Will Soon Operate Legally in San Francisco

The new law, which received initial approval from the city, is expected to take effect in February and comes with a number of requirements for hosts using the site.

By Laura Entis

Building a Business

3 Lessons Learned From the Sharing Economy

Businesses are increasingly seeing the utility of enterprise services tailored to their needs, creating opportunity for nimble entrepreneurs.

By Bob Bahramipour

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‘Competition Is the Greatest Thing That Can Happen in Business’

The president of consumer-product invention company Quirky says startups should embrace competition, not ignore it.

By Catherine Clifford

Building a Business

How 23andMe Caused a Divorce: A Look at Unintended Consequences

A look at what happens when customers use a business for their own purposes, regardless of the company's explicit mission.

By Carly Okyle

Building a Business

Mobile + Sharing Economy + Internet of Things = the Coming Economic Boom

Smart phones already are integral to finding things to buy. When everything is linked to the Internet, the same technology will allow everyone to know what their neighbors have to rent.

By Andrew Batey

Business Ideas

Make Innovation Systematic and Never Again Ask ‘Why Didn’t We Think of That?’

The creation of innovative products and processes is much too important to companies and entire economies to be left to chance.

By David DeWolf

Business News

Coming Soon: Hotel Tax on Airbnb Rentals in San Francisco

Next month, the city will start charging renters a 14 percent occupancy tax on behalf of its hosts.

By Laura Entis

Marketing

Here’s What Happened When Three Families Spent the Night at IKEA

Publicity stunt du jour, part II.

By Laura Entis

Business Branding

The Internet Thinks Hershey’s New Logo Looks Like Crap — Literally

The 120-year-old company unveiled a new logo today, much to the amusement (and disgust) of commenters on social media.

By Geoff Weiss

Business News

This Anti-Luxe Lodging Startup Will Put You Up in a Half-Built Treehouse For $19

A new online service aims to find accommodations for brave, broke college students who are traveling.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Business Funding

Snapchat Valuation Skyrockets to $10 Billion Following New Funding

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers tendered a $20 million investment in the as-yet-unprofitable ephemeral messaging app last May.

By Geoff Weiss

Building a Business

Innovation vs. Regulation Fight Continues as Airbnb Reveals Host Names to NY’s AG

Lodging-rental platform AirBnB announced that it is turning over the personal information of 124 New York City hosts at the behest of the attorney general.

By Catherine Clifford

Marketing

Publicity Stunt Du Jour: Spend the Night at IKEA Thanks to Airbnb

Sleep tight. The furniture is already assembled and you get to keep the sheets.

By Laura Entis

Thought Leaders

The One Executive Position Every Startup Now Needs to Fill Today

Uber's recent hiring is a wakeup call to those idealistic enough to believe they don't need to fight City Hall.

By Ray Hennessey