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The success of companies like Uber, Airbnb, and WeWork has helped usher in a new era known as collaborative consumption. The previously unknown concept of moving towards a bartering system rather than the old ownership models that we’ve grown accustomed to gives individuals the opportunity to rent or borrow goods and services from someone else. Where taxi companies would historically buy cars, U...
WeWork has built a billion-dollar business by convincing professionals to pay for decked out coworking spaces and a sense of community.
Entrepreneurs Ali Kriegsman and Alana Branston want to do the same for retail.
The pair are cofounders of Bulletin, a young startup that charges female-focused lifestyle brands a monthly me...
A venture capital group, including hotelier Barry Sternlicht, invested in a San Francisco-based company that works with developers who set aside blocks of apartments for short-term rentals. The group, which also included Fifth Wall Ventures and New Enterprise Associates, made a $15.5 million Series A equity investment in AJJK Inc., the Wall Street Journal reported. The company, which is soon to be...
So bad is London’s housing crisis, which sees house prices make homeownership a pipe dream for many, a 2015 report by PWC reckons that by 2025 more than half of under 40 year olds will be living into rental properties. The answer, of course, is to build more affordable and/or social housing, but that hot political potato is continually kicked to into the long grass and, even at its most optimist...
Office workers around the globe are turning to a new assistant to answer their HR queries and requests for data, one who never calls in sick or steps away from their desk for meetings. The advent of chatbots—conversational artificial intelligence (AI) tools developed for specific functions—is giving employees on-demand assistance to information when and where they need it. The prospect of fast...
When it comes to office space, our standards have been raised. Why settle for a boring box in a drab building when so many inspirational – and affordable – coworking spaces exist in every corner of the city. Many of the freelancers and startups we work with want a workspace that reflects their creativity and connects them with like-minded entrepreneurs, without breaking the bank. If this sound...
A man enter the doors of the 'WeWork' co-operative co-working space in Washington, DC. On a cold February morning at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the skeleton of a modern 15-story building was rising from a muddy construction site along the East River. As long and as tall as a cruise ship, the sleek glass structure loomed above rusty, century-old dry docks, serving notice to the industrial ne...
Instacart says its latest $200 million funding round is more than enough to race into new markets, boost its hiring plans and test out new services. But is it enough to fend off Amazon's encroaching presence in the grocery industry? The San Francisco-based delivery startup closed on its latest round earlier this week, boosting its valuation to $4.2 billion, up from a $3.4 billion valuation wh...
The Swingobot 2000 was showing off, navigating a busy hallway at Sinai Hospital to scrub the floor. Then Tug, a smaller robot, glided up unexpectedly from behind, returning to the pharmacy after delivering medication to nurses. Tug was programmed to detect people and other obstacles in its path. It stopped, maneuvered around Swingobot, then continued on its way. For the Baltimore hospital, and for...
H-E-B has acquired Favor, the on-demand delivery service out of Texas. Favor will continue to operate as an independent wholly-owned subsidiary of the grocery chain. The company first launched in 2014 at SXSW, bringing a Texas-tailored approach to on-demand delivery. While many on-demand services, such as Postmates, focus on high-density areas like NYC and San Francisco, Favor built a product that...