Tuesday 20 August 2013

The Sharing Econoomy


Most of us learned the culture of sharing back in kindergarten, but in recent years the idea has grown into a multibillion-dollar online marketplace offering consumers access to affordable alternatives to goods and services. The “sharing economy,” as it is known, burst out of the recession. The platform -- and the others like it -- created a community for collaborative consumption, the much-buzzed-about euphemism for what’s mine is yours (and you can find it online for a price).

The sharing economy was a knee-jerk reaction to the recession. We have a lot of stuff, space and skills that we are not necessarily using in our nine-to-five, and people are making money by sharing or selling these underutilized services.

While the sharing economy initially grew out of a need, it has since become a bona fide trend.. Among the 2,000 adults surveyed, 31 percent said they initially shared property or belongings online to make extra cash, while 36 percent identified the philosophical beliefs behind sharing as their top motivation -- evidence that researchers said pointed to a shift in motivation for those who continue to participate in the new economic model.

Monday 19 August 2013

Those who say anarchy is leaderless are ideological fools who have no understanding of what it takes to overthrow capitalism

The sharing ecoonomy

In 2006, serial entrepreneur and investor Martín Varsavsky – inspired by a conviction that he could cloak the world in free Wi-Fi by encouraging people to share their home connections – founded Fon in Madrid. The company is now the largest Wi-Fi network in the world, with almost 12m hot spots in more than 100 countries.
"My general thinking at the time was that we live in a world in which benefits are only accrued through economic growth and the endless consumption of resources, and that there have to be other ways that are of more benefit to people," he says. "Why should everyone have their own car when most of the time they are not using them? Think of a marina full of boats. How frequently do those boats go out?"
Today, it has been argued that the sharing economy – which is perhaps best defined as a way of sweating underutilised assets, by building communities around them and turning consumers into providers – has the potential to reboot businesses across most economic categories. Indeed, Forbes magazine recently estimated that total revenues for the sector could top $3.5bn this year, with growth exceeding 25%. However, when setting up Fon, Varsavsky became convinced that people needed a nudge or financial incentive before they'd happily share their assets.
"In the case of Wi-Fi we came up with the concept that if you share a little Wi-Fi at home, you can roam the world for free," he says. "That's a small loss and a huge gain. And now [years later] we see that in all those situations where you have a small loss and a big gain, the sharing economy makes sense."
Yet while it makes sense, at least intellectually, it's when you start to examine the legalities around the ownership of assets that the sharing economy starts to run into trouble, argues the 53-year-old, who was born in Buenos Aires. It turns out ownership is not as clear cut as many of us might expect. "You think something is yours to share until somebody says, 'Hey! It's not really yours at all,'" says Varsavsky, citing the terms and conditions around "owning" Wi-Fi and the copyright of books and music as examples.
The fast-growing peer-to-peer (P2P) holiday lodgings market is another case in point. There are claims that its success is gnawing away at the incumbent hotel sector's profit margins and even starting to have an impact on property prices. The hotel industry has begun to fight back, primarily, it seems, through behind the scenes lobbying of regulators and politicians.
On 20 May, New York officials ruled that a man who rented out part of his NYC apartment for three days on Airbnb – the sharing economy's most high-profile success story to date – should pay $2,400 for violating the city's illegal hotel law. Airbnb says it is committed to fighting the ruling. The P2P holiday rentals marketplace is hitting roadblocks in Europe, too: the authorities in Amsterdam and Berlin, for example, are reportedly considering laws that will make it tougher for companies such as Airbnb and its European rivals HouseTripWimdu and 9flats to operate.

Sunday 18 August 2013

Sharing Ecoonomy

Sharing economy is an innovative and a new concept spreading in all over the places used by millions of people and still counting so, what is sharing economy? In this if one wants to travel to a particular place and that to with the minimum budget no matter what the location and the time is you can easily make it happen with the less budget. So in this suppose you are planning to visit a particular place for the business or some other purpose you need to book a room in the hotel and also have to pay for the food, travelling etc.

So, now in this the concept comes into picture as how the budget can get reduce with very good quality of service. In this suppose you are visiting for a business meeting to different locations so you book a hotel and in return pay some money in this case suppose if you have the relative in that city it will be very easy for you to stay there finish your work and return back see no money part will come into picture and for that same service the hotel will charge you.

Now suppose you someone lent you his room for the day, his vehicle, and other stuffs which will help you but if you book hotel they will charge you a lot so apart from booking the hotel room you can contact us by which we can help you locate the person willing to lent this stuffs for the day with very less amount of money and the best service on that location. so in this case you're done with your work and that to with the very less budget. Isn't this concept interesting yes it is and also applicable to all type of profession can make use of this.

So, if you're visiting any place feel free to contact us as we can surely help you to connect with the person willing to lent his stuffs with the minimum cost.

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Friday 16 August 2013

Politics a boon or a bane

Hi Guys,

As we all know that this whole world runs through some powerful people who we term them as Politician.
Every country, city, street have politicians which are bad and good but we don't know what makes them good or bad. So in the end as the citizen of the particular country we only have the option left with us to choose the best of the best candidate and after doing that stop criticizing them. Because many of us just keep talking about the politicians and keep them titling them as bad and monster but we forget that is just by talking about them won't change anything but instead we should find some solution to it and only remember one thing that EITHER BECOME A LEADER OR CHOOSE A LEADER.

Thursday 15 August 2013

Donation for the poor

Hi Guys, 

As we know that in this world there are many people who till today in this 21st century are very poor who don't even have clothes and various basic materials which we need in day to day life. In this i only request you to donate some clothes, books, and the things which you are not using as it will help the poor to cover himself when there is a lot of cold, and books for the children who loves to study but doesn't get the medium to achieve their aim.

So, i request you to donate whatever you can as a small help from you can transform an individual life. If you want to donate you can reach me at...

Amit jain-09922790240
Amitjainbsl@yahoo.com