Providing a colorful insight into the people at the forefront of the emergent Sharing Economy, a movement predicted to already be worth around $26B a year, this book gives vital advice to anyone thinking of starting or investing in a collaborative consumption business. The first of its kind, written by an author on the forefront of this new trend.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: Alex Stephany
EAN: 9781137376176
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 435 g
HEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave Macmillan
DATE PUBLISHED: 2015-03-09
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GENRE: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Small Business, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Production & Operations Management
WIDTH: 140 cm
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Book Themes:
Business strategy, Business innovation, Entrepreneurship / Start-ups
“Stephany uses the book’s canvas to paint a multi-dimensional picture of the sharing economy. What makes this book come alive is his brilliant recounting of entrepreneurial journeys of several sharing economy startups, including his own. … The book is an insider’s exhilarating perspective on what is arguably the biggest economic trend shaking up corporate boardrooms and the seats of government today.” (Siddharth Puri, BW Businessworld, businessworld.in, July, 2016)
Alex Stephany is the CEO of JustPark (formerly ParkatmyHouse), one of Europe's most renowned sharing economy businesses. Backed by the venture capital arm of BMW and Index Ventures, JustPark is the world's largest website for shared parking with over a million customers. Educated at Oxford University where he read English, Stephany is also a mentor at TechStars, a leading tech accelerator programme. Stephany and JustPark have been featured by ABC, CNBC, NPR, The Daily Telegraph, The Financial Times, The BBC, Wired, The New York Times and Bloomberg among many others.
