Today, Facebook introduced us to Facebook Marketplace, a new Craigslist-style forum where users can buy and sell items with their…
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This has been a big month for transportation. We saw a solar car, an electric bus, and now, a detailed article from Lyft…
If you’re an absentee Airbnb host renting out your house or apartment, you’ll soon have no need to feel guilty…
Either it’s been the theme of many Throwback Thursdays running, or the barter system is actually making a comeback. Whatever…
The online job listing website Snagajob released its mobile app this past June, allowing job seekers to view an interactive…
Love dogs, but don’t have the time, space, or money to own one? If so, there’s a service that lets…
In the age of Uber and one-hour deliveries, we’ve all become used to convenience. Convenience is great, but in the…
Before we were swapping wives and jobs and lives on reality TV, we were watching people swap homes. House swapping is…
Dude, where’s my truck? Even if you don’t need one right now, you’re likely going to need one in the near…
Recently, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren leveled some heavy criticisms against Silicon Valley. “Google, Apple, and Amazon have created disruptive technologies…
In 2015 Small Business Saturday generated $16.2 billion for local, independently owned businesses. We should do that more often. Here’s some tips for SMBs to take advantage of local marketing and ways consumers can share the small biz love.
Ever wonder how much back-channeling goes on before an acqui-hire? Ever known someone in the C-Suite of a disruptive startup…
Whether you’ve read Harry Potter a million times or you know every line of every John Green book, book lovers…
Over the last 20 years, peer-to-peer networks have disrupted industries dominated by big players. It began with Napster, who rocked…
Finding second hand, luxury furniture on classified sites like Craigslist or Gumtree is neither easy nor particularly enjoyable. Even if you think…
To businesses, it’s an opportunity to make their outdoor advertising campaigns smarter and easier to track. For the rest of…
Three years ago, Tami Zuckerman was pregnant and cleaning out her house to make room for the baby. Frustrated with…
Another carpooling app? *Yawn* Or maybe not… The team behind Zify, a carpooling application that intelligently matches work commuters with people…
Airbnb, the popular short-term rental website with over 2 million listings in 34,000 cities, was relatively unheard of five years…
Have you ever wished you had longer arms to hold your camera over a crowd to snap that perfect shot?…
Several years ago, my wife and I temporarily moved to another state for 10 months. One of the biggest pains…
Travel tour companies are everywhere. Literally. Whether you want the camaraderie of a Contiki Tour, the rush of a G…
I’m a freelance copywriter, which means I spend an inordinate amount of time working in coffee shops. Usually this isn’t…
San Francisco startup, Getaround, embarked on its mission to relieve the world’s car overpopulation problem back in 2009 and it…
From companies like Eko raising $2 million for a smartphone-connected stethoscope to BugCrowd raising $6 million in Series A funding…
The startup scene began its ascent in the Los Angeles area in the late 2000s. During that time, MySpace was…