Trust eats network effects at Airbed & Breakfast
Airbnb builds trust to maximize networks effects and minimize disintermediation
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In Airbnb We Trust
Airbnb has cleverly built a platform to create trust among complete strangers.
BlaBlaCar – Disrupting road travel by Trusted carpooling
BlaBlaCar – the RyanAir of Road – has built a community of 40 million users around trustworthy carpooling. Born in Paris and already proved its worth in Europe, BlaBlaCar is now expanding to emerging markets as it provides last minute travel options and cost savings for both riders and passengers. This blog highlights how BlaBlaCar has disrupted road travel.
PatientsLikeMe: unquestionably successful, but only one misstep from disaster
No one can deny that PatientsLikeMe is a success story. From its humble beginnings as an online community for patients living with ALS, PatientsLikeMe has grown to be the largest social network and patient community online. The numbers recorded for […]