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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Both Sides of the Table

The topic of the conference was “The Sharing Economy” and as I read many of the session title descriptions I realized that people would be talking more about “collaborative consumption” (think airbnb, taskrabbit, uber) than about why people are sharing more on Instragram & Snapchat. Network Up. Prices down.

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Chegg Donates $50K to Stevens Institute of Technology, Fueling Student Innovation

American Entrepreneurship

At the same time, Launchpad@Stevens supports student innovation by providing mentorship, funding, and networking opportunities. Chegg, a leading student-first online learning platform, has contributed to advancing student innovation by donating $50,000 to Stevens Institute of Technologys iSTEM and Launchpad@Stevens programs.

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Setting Kids Up to Fail

This is going to be BIG.

You''re required to be a lot more entrepreneurial, which requires you to build your own networks in order to get customers and collaborators, since these functions won''t be under the roof of a big company anymore. The world we''re heading into requires a highly visible, highly network, flexible risk taker with a global perspective.

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IonQ Celebrates World Quantum Day, Announces Advancements and Global Expansion

American Entrepreneurship

As the world gears up to recognize World Quantum Day on April 14, IonQ, a pioneer in quantum computing and networking, is marking the occasion with a flurry of global activities and significant company milestones. One of the years standout achievements was IonQs collaboration with Ansys, a leader in computer-aided engineering.

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The Underwhelmingness of Facebook

This is going to be BIG.

Wikipedia is probably the greatest thing humans have ever collaborated to produce online. Facebook, despite the fact that I use it everyday, is probably the online network I could most easily do without. Facebook used to have network pages where you could explore people you didn''t know. Venture Capital & Technology'

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The Business of Who Makes is Changing

This is going to be BIG.

GrabCAD helps CAD designers collaborate and leverage off of each other''s libraries. something that many creatives feel about technology, that for all it has given us is has also robbed us of expressiveness and the ease of making. Venture Capital & Technology' Etsy is a marketplace for things you make.

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Why I Doubled Down on YouTube Investments with MiTú

Both Sides of the Table

Yesterday MiTú Networks announced that Upfront Ventures led a $10 million financing in what is now the largest producer of Latino online videos – primarily driven through YouTube. In food you have the amazing food network Tastemade – the Food Network of online video. Indeed we are already seeing that online.

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