Roomorama is a traveller’s one-stop shop for short-term rentals. An online marketplace connects and transacts with hosts and guests who believe in convenient, rewarding and unique travel experiences. Belgian Curator Marco Torregrossa had a chat with Jia to get the latest scoop on Roomorama. Looking in perspective – it’s now 2014 – and everyone learnt about peer-to-peer… Read more
BlaBlaCar is an innovative start-up that connects drivers with people travelling the same way. With over three million registered users across Europe, BlaBlaCar provides a smart, social and sustainable travel solution. Belgian Curator Marco Torregrossa sat down with Nicolas in Brussels to get the latest scoop on BlaBlaCar. You were nominated for the Best International Startup… Read more
Trustcloud is a credit platform for the Sharing Economy that measures virtuous behaviour online to build a portable and contextual trust score you can use anywhere. Belgian Curator Marco Torregrossa had a chat with Xin to get the latest scoop on Trustcloud. How did Trustcloud come about? Tell me what you guys are doing at the moment?… Read more
Good morning Mr Hernández Bataller. Let me begin by thanking you for your time to this interview and introduce myself. My name is Marco Torregrossa and I am the administrator of the European Sharing Economy Coalition and one of the Global Curators of Collaborative Consumption. My colleague Albert Cañigueral of OuiShare is joining us via… Read more
Eric Ho is the founder of miLES, opening underused storefronts to new possibilities, with classes, events, co-working, and short-term space rentals. 1. We see that your background is in architecture. What draws you to collaborative consumption? It’s very much directly related to architecture. To me, there is so much creative potential for architects if they decide… Read more
Ed Casabian is a Community Manager with Uber NYC. 1. Pre-Uber, you spent two years neighborhood hopping between friends’ and strangers’ home across 52 neighborhoods in NYC. What was your biggest takeaway from the experience? Yes! It was amazing. I was in what you might call a “transitional place” in my life (read: breakup) and I came up… Read more
Sheila Karaszewski is a Community Manager at Airbnb. 1. Pre-Airbnb you were a marketing consultant—different but not unlike many of the free-agents who benefit from the likes of TaskRabbit, Skillshare, Lyft and Airbnb. What creative solutions would you like to see for free-agent income in the collaborative consumption space? I’d love to see a way… Read more
David Mahfouda is the CEO of Bandwagon, designing the future of collaborative transportation. 1. We know you were inspired by travels abroad! What about these experiences planted the seed for Bandwagon? The trip can be the destination! I was traveling by train across Russia, Mongolia, and China with three friends in 2006, and funny as it… Read more