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Power to the people: Beyond sharing
FT Innovate Nov 2014
Hi, I’m Ron J. Williams
@ronjdub #beyondsharing
There never was a sharing economy
People dealing directly with people
in “category” by 2013
200+
And we missed the point…
…the crowd got sentient.
I fell in love in 2005
Choice + Convenience = Commerce
“Information drives action”
— Ade McCormack
More inventory than all NYC Hotels COMBINED
Technology has removed the friction and capital
requirement that protected industrialists
from the crowd.
It’s about access.
It’s about participation.
It’s about partnership.
Commerce?
Risk management?
More data provides granularity for every single part of business
