Building a Business
How One Startup Is Cracking Cuba
With the easing of relations between the two countries, U.S. companies can finally enter and do business in the long-forbidden Cuban market.
By Reem Nasr
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Building a Business
The Sharing Economy Is Taking Off: Get On the Rocket or Risk Being Left Behind
Building a Business
Why Billionaire Investor Reid Hoffman Is Betting Big on Bitcoin
Building a Business
Airbnb Lands in Cuba
The accommodations booking platform announces more than 1,000 listings in the island that, for more than 50 years, has been off limits to U.S. citizens.
Business News
Can’t Find a Place on Airbnb? Here Are 4 Alternatives.
Here are some other services cashing in on home-sharing cool.
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?
Building a Business
The Sharing Economy Enters the Business of Business Travel
With alternatives like Airbnb, should business travelers still check into hotels?
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.
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.
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.
Building a Business
‘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.
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.
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.
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