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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

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But the ventures launched in recent years with gobs of venture-capital funding and targeting niche markets have accelerated the movement with user-friendly designs and a tight knit to social networks Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Share your sewing machine at Zilok or trade it for an iPod at Swap.com. Thats real money."

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SuperMac War Story 9: Sales, Not Awards « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Your design or ad agencies can impress you with their awards, but if you’re not moving product or creating demand, you’ve missed the point. Worry about the sales results. What did we learn?

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