Thomas Frey //February 13, 2014//
(Editor’s note: This is the second of three parts. Read Part 1 and Part 3. )
Some of the early pioneers of the sharing economy were Zipcar, founded in 2000, and later Airbnb, launched in 2008. Both happened before the term “sharing economy” was even invented.
Later, the concept was popularized by Rachel Botsman and Roo Rogers in What’s Mine is Yours (2010) and Lisa Gansky in The Mesh: Why the Future of Business is Sharing (2012).
Here are some of the key players who have emerged in this space. The first six are car-sharing services:
Other Sharing Services