The Mesh - Lisa Gansky [89]
Pet sharing, Mesh companies
Phone service, Mesh companies
Photo sharing, Mesh companies
Population growth
and growth of the Mesh
in urban areas
Porter, Michael
Prius
Privacy practices
privacy-sensitive products
and trust building
Product design
customer input, use of
disposable versus heirloom
modular
personalization
planned obsolescence
shared goods, durability of
standardization
sustainable
sustainable design
waste, reusing
Proprietary control, versus openness
Prosper
case study
loan amounts dispersed by
as niche business
Public relations, lost trust, rebuilding
Real estate
Mesh companies
See also Home exchange; Work-space sharing
RecycleBank
Recycle Now
Recycling and reuse services
and Geek Squad
Mesh companies
upcycling
Walmart Share Club scenario
RedesignMe
REI
Reinhart, James
RelayRides
Rent the Runway
Repair services
and big-box companies
Mesh company possibilities
Reputation. See Trust building
Restaurant reservation system, Mesh companies
Retailers, customers as “members,”
Retirees, as Mesh customers
reuze
Reverse supply chain
Reverse value chain
Reviews, online
Rickshaw Bags
Roomarama
case study
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Russell, Roy
St. Croix Falls Cinema
SAP
Schneeveis, Bob
School of Everything (SoE)
Seely Brown, John
Self-storage listings, Mesh companies
SellaBand
Seventymm
Share-based business
during holidays
mobile networks as foundation
and niche markets
shareability, compatible services
See also The Mesh
Shea, Lucy
Sinclair, Cameron
Sivers, Derek
Skinnipopcorn
SmartyPig
smava
Social lending. See Loans/social lending
Social networking
importance to the Mesh
Mesh companies
negative events, broadcasting on
on Netflix
network effect
privacy, importance of
and product improvement
for word-of-mouth advertising
See also Facebook
Software
getting for startup Mesh
open development
Software as a service (SaaS)
Sourcemap
SpareFoot
Spride Share
Standardization of products
Starting a Mesh company
capital needs
customers, identifying
define/redefine/scale stages
first mover advantage
marketing
primary questions
serendipity as factor
shareable assets, identifying
software, ASP model
Stohr, Kate
Supply chain
forward and reverse integration
reverse supply chain
Sustainable design
Swishing
Taxi Magic
TCHO
Technology, Mesh-friendly
Mesh companies
TED Prize
thinkspace
thredUP
adaptability of
case study
Tool sharing, Mesh companies
Toyota, broken trust
Transaction fees
Transparency
and adaptability
“age of radical transparency,”
and trust building
Transportation efficiency
communities developed for
See also Bike sharing; Car sharing
Travel-related services, Mesh companies
Trials
Tripkick
Trust building
basics of
broken trust, examples of
and customer complaints
customer misbehavior, dealing with
by delighting customers
discoverers as trust agents
lost trust, rebuilding
maintaining trust
negative events, impact on
and privacy practices
proprietary versus open control
reviews, keeping perspective
social networks, role of
starting slow, necessity of
and transparency
trials/samples for
“virtuous circle of trust,”
Tryvertising
Tylenol tragedy
Upcycling
Mesh companies
Vacation Rentals by Owner (VRBO)
Virgin Corporation, Mesh strategy
Volkswagen, idea solicitation on Web
Walmart
customer data, use of
greening of
integration with suppliers
Mesh possibilities for
waste, created by
Waste disposal
and climate change
as resource underutilization
Waste management
government initiatives for
Mesh companies
in Mesh ecosystem
in natural ecosystem
raw materials, sharing
recycling and reuse services
reverse value chain
yield management
See also Recycling and reuse services
Water Legacy
Wattzon.com
Westmill Wind Farm Co-operative
WhipCar
Wilcox, Ronald
Wilhelm, Eric
Williamson, Oliver
Wine cooperatives, Mesh companies
Word of mouth, power of
Work-space sharing, Mesh companies
World of Goods
Yelp
Yield management
Zipcar
customer