TOPIC: COLLABORATIVE CONSUMPTION (27)
Streetbank
http://www.streetbank.com/splashStreetbank is a site that helps you share and borrow things from your neighbours. Streetbank is meant for everyone. It is not for private benefit - for individuals to make a profit or professionals to sell their services. It is for the common good. Of course, you may already share things with your neighbours, in which case, don’t let us stop you!
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Streetbank, Collaborative Consumption, Share, Lend, Give, Neighbor, Neighborhood, Local
Airbnb
https://www.airbnb.comFounded in August of 2008 and based in San Francisco, California, Airbnb is a trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book unique accommodations around the world — online or from a mobile phone. Whether an apartment for a night, a castle for a week, or a villa for a month, Airbnb connects people to unique travel experiences, at any price point, in more than 26,000 cities and 192 countries. And with world-class customer service and a growing community of users, Airbnb is the easiest way for people to monetize their extra space and showcase it to an audience of millions.
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Airbnb, Travel, Accommodations
Tripping
https://www.tripping.comTripping has the largest selection of vacation rentals and short term rentals on the planet. We give you access to the best local homes and neighborhoods around the world. We also have a thriving community of travelers who use Tripping to enjoy free homestays and cultural exchange. Ready to step off the tourist path? Tripping will help you experience the world like a local.
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Tripping, Traveling, Abroad, Travel, Travelers, World, Explore, Cultures, Local, Rent, Trippers, Homestay, Cultural Exchange, Foreign, Country
Accomable
https://www.accomable.comAccomable is a pioneering global platform for finding adapted hotels and vacation rentals for disabled and elderly people. The company, based in London, UK, was founded by disabled entrepreneurs Srin Madipalli and Martyn Sibley. Friends since childhood and regular travellers, Madipalli (who now serves as the company’s CEO) and Sibley are both wheelchair users due to a disability called SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy). Frustrated at the lack of travel information available for disabled people, they launched Accomable in the summer of 2015.
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Accomable, Inclusion, Disability
ShareDesk
http://www.sharedesk.netShareDesk is an online marketplace for sharing offices, meeting rooms, and other workspaces. Our platform makes it easy for mobile workers and entrepreneurs to discover businesslike spaces and book them under flexible terms – a day, a week, a month, or as long as they like.
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ShareDesk, Office, Space, Work, Rent, Global, International, Collaborative Consumption
Swap.com
http://www.swap.com/netcycler.htmlSwap.com is where more than 500,000 swappers worldwide are turning what they have into what they want, with more than 1.5 million items available for swapping!
Block Avenue
http://www.blockavenue.comBlockAvenue is a platform to help people better understand location by leveraging existing geo-data and social networks to create trust.
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Block Avenue, Map, Geo Data, Data, Users, Collaborative, Location, Geography, Crowd Wisdom
TaskRabbit
https://www.taskrabbit.comTaskRabbit is a website and mobile app where you can go to outsource small jobs and tasks to people in your neighborhood.
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TaskRabbit, Collaborative Consumption, Neighbors, Chores, Tasks, Errands, Outsource
Zero Bound
http://www.zerobound.com
Zero Bound is a web-based platform for students and alumni to reduce student loan debt through sponsored volunteerism. Students and alumni crowdfund their student loans in exchange for volunteering in the community.
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Zero Bound, Crowdfunding, Student, Debt, Loan, Alumni
Gridmates
http://www.gridmates.comGridmates brings peer to peer energy sharing in the first transactive energy platform to eliminate energy poverty. We make it possible for you to send electricity to people in need.
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Gridmates, Energy, Collaborative Consumption
Couchsurfing
https://www.couchsurfing.orgCouchsurfing is a global community of 9 million people in more than 120,000 cities who share their life, their world, their journey. Couchsurfing connects travelers with a global network of people willing to share in profound and meaningful ways, making travel a truly social experience.
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Couchsurfing, Sharing, Travelers, Travel
sharemystorage.com
http://www.sharemystorage.comsharemystorage.com (also known as SmS) is a social marketplace that brings together two different groups of people; those who have spare space and those who need spare space for storage. To put it simply, we’re here to add a dash of common sense to the self-storage industry.
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Collaborative Consumption, Sharemystorage.com, Storage, Space, Room, House, Home, Stuff, Consumption, Lease, Rent, Property
Scoot Networks
http://www.scootnetworks.comWe create networks of scoots. Scoots are shared, electric, smartphone-activated motorscooters you can ride in the city. At Scoot Networks we teach you how to ride the scoots, we keep the scoots running, and we find places to put more scoots to make the network bigger.
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Scoot Networks, Scoot, Motorscooters, Transportation, Smartphone, San Francisco, Electric, Scooters, Shared, Collaborative Consumption, Cities, Urban
EatWith
http://www.eatwith.comEatWith is a trusted global community that invites people to dine in homes around the world. Guests can connect with amazing hosts, share stories and unforgettable experiences, and enjoy delicious homemade cuisine.
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EatWith, Dine, Local, Locals, Global, Food, Eating, Collaborative Consumption, Travel, Airbnb, Cuisine, Gourmet, Exploration, Discovery, Culture
Fiverr
http://www.fiverr.comFiverr is the world's largest marketplace for Gigs (services), currently listing 3 million+ Gigs in 120 categories across 196 countries. Choose from a community of talented, creative freelancers from all over the world.
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Fiverr, Gig Economy, Professionals, Services
