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How Small Businesses Can Effectively Use the Sharing Economy

Up and Running

With a $55,492 price tag, this must be the best potato salad in the world. Mainly these costs stem from two areas—flights and hotels—and since the market for airplane rideshares is rather limited, the simplest cost cutting can come from sharing accommodations. On Airbnb, this little backyard bungalo is only $70 per night.

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How The Membership Economy Is Disrupting Big Auto (And Pretty Much Every Other Industry) 

YoungUpstarts

Turo lets you access other people’s cars when they aren’t using them, and of course Uber, Lyft, and the other ‘ridesharing’ companies have dramatically reduced the appeal of car ownership. Disruptor brands like Zipcar and car2go provide a great alternative to ownership. City life isn’t conducive to car ownership.

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5 Cool Companies Who Just Raised Venture Capital

Growthink Blog

Zimride : Zimride is a ridesharing service that combines social networks and a route-matching algorithm, to make it easy for people to share seats in their cars or catch a ride. Tags: Dave Lavinsky. JiWire : JiWire has created an advertising network which reaches users at wi-fi hotspots. The company raised $2.1 The company raised $1.2

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McComb’s School of Business Birthed uShip

Campus Entrepreneurship

From a March 2004 Moot Corp Newsletter highlighting uShip’s performance in the San Diego State University Business Plan Competition: The uShip team is composed of four second-year students–Matt Chasen, Jay Manickam, Mickey Millsap and Todd Parsapour-whose start-up is uShip, a company that offers “ridesharing for your stuff.&#