Make social media more social! Phase 1 was MySpace. Phase 2 was Facebook. Now we are entering Phase 3, where the structure of social media as we know it is set to change. A set… Read More »Business Model Trends – Social Apps 3.0
Everybody wants to be haute couture & sustainable . Both environmentally and financially – at the same time in fashion. This is a challenge. Is vintage á la Nasty Gals Vintage the answer? Time to… Read More »Business Model Trends – Vintage Fashion Resale
Has online dating reached its peak? There are signs that, yes, it has reached its peak and we are en route towards a re-balance back towards the physical space driven by a few creative Dating… Read More »Business Model Trends – Dating Networks
No glitz or glammer, but wholesalers can make money. Food Distribution is a multi-billion dollar ($300B+) market in the U.S. each year. It can be characterized by fragmentation and logistical challenges, which is why certain… Read More »Business Model Trends – Restaurant Wholesaler
Community is the next major Business Model Thrust in the next few years, similar to how social networks were about a decade ago. The difference is that most of the early-stage social networks incentivized industrialized… Read More »Community is the Next Business Model Thrust
A membership is at the heart of a buyer’s club model. On one hand, a Buyer’s Club isn’t necessarily a new thing; on the other hand, Buyer’s Clubs in this ‘new era’ of digitization and… Read More »Business Model Trends: Buyer’s Club
Dark Stores are an on-demand warehouse model for distribution. Dark Stores are warehouses that have become prominent in the era of food delivery and eGrocery as a more efficient type of ‘on-demand warehouse’ in a… Read More »Business Model Trends: Dark Stores
Logistics Hubs are nothing new. Some would argue it is not itself a business model but a distribution model; however, the advent of cowarehousing is showing that even industrial business models can be flipped on… Read More »Business Model Trends: Logistics Hub
Cowarehousing is like coworking for industrial spaces. Due to a boom in eCommerce and shifts in the economy, a new trend in industrial real-estate has emerged. CoWarehousing – ie. like Coworking but for warehouses –… Read More »Business Model Trends: Co-Warehousing
Mid-term = flexibility, which can be worth a lot in the world of housing rentals. Mid-term housing is the next iteration in the market around rentals. We saw how Airbnb created a new category with… Read More »Business Model Trends: Mid-term Rentals