The collaborative economy is moving from early youth, which began in 2009, to maturity in 2019. Over the past decade, many companies using this business model have embarked on and carried out global expansion. Some have raised billions in funding, many have sold their shares in public offerings and went public. They have turned from…
Collaborative economy przechodzi z fazy wczesnej młodości, której początek był w roku 2009, w okres dojrzałości w 2019. W ciągu ostatniej dekady wiele firm wykorzystujących ten model biznesowy rozpoczęło i przeprowadziło globalną ekspansję. Niektóre pozyskały miliardowe finansowanie, wiele sprzedało akcje w ofertach publicznych i weszło na giełdę. Z obiecujących startupów stały się światowymi gigantami. Dziś…
The pace of new technological discoveries is growing every year. It’s getting harder and harder to keep up with the latest technology trends. They appear new, some of them interpenetrate, creating innovative market segments. Artificial intelligence, blockchain, drones, electric vehicles, collaborative economy platforms, virtual reality, autonomous cars, bioengineering, gene editing, fintech, martech, regtech, medtech, insurtech…
The Polish community of innovative companies is growing every year. There is a visible increase in the number of innovative companies which, from the day “0”, have plans to compete on the global market. More and more large companies and corporations set up their accelerators and CVC (Corporate Venture Capital) funds. Startups find their way…
Many people come to me with proposals of interesting investment projects, some of them, however, are presented in an inaccessible form, so there is a risk that they will not be properly received. From the investor’s point of view, time matters, so if the information provided in the presentation is not precise enough, the chance…
The stories of companies like Amber Gold or GetBack bring up issues related to investments, frauds and investor’s safety. With every other similar case, the awareness of society rises. The investment product that “guarantees 12% (and even more) of profit per year” simply does not exist. I am glad that the knowledge, experience and awareness…
I present to you the latest edition of the Polish Honeycomb, which presents the development of Polish companies using the collaborative economy model in their operation. This year’s edition was prepared in cooperation with collaborative economy platforms: CrowdWay.pl and Jadezabiore.pl. I am glad that every year new honeycombs appear and new companies are also developing…
In the past, the ways of raising finances needed for development by companies were quite limited. If their founders didn’t have their own financial resources or rich uncle, they would have needed to convince investors. Those people in turn did not always understand innovative ideas or they demanded full control over the whole project. In…
I am pleased to announce that I have become a laureate of the Digital Poland 2020+ competition in the ECONOMY category. The competition was organized by the Polish Chamber of Commerce under the patronage of Orange and under the honorary patronage of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. More information about the contest at…
In November 2016, the trendbook after the Internetbeta conference in Rzeszów was published. The full version with my participation is available for download here: Trend book Internetbeta_2016. The discussion panel attended by representatives of: BlaBlaCar, Uber, JadeZabiore, PolakPotrafi.pl, Nextbike and prof. Bolesław Rok on the sharing economy was one of the most controversial at the…
In the nineteenth century, when T. Edison invented the light bulb, the manufacturers of kerosene lamps were probably not thrilled with his invention. At the beginning of the electricity age, most people believed that new technology was dangerous – they thought that there was fire in the cables and that fire in the walls would…
Currently, over 9,000 companies around the world operate in the collaborative economy model. According to global estimates of PwC, these companies will achieve an over 22-fold increase in revenues from USD 15 billion in 2014 to USD 335 billion in 2025. Hence, more and more people and institutions, including governmental ones, at the national and…
The collaborative economy has achieved a global scale in a very short time for the reasons mentioned in the previous article. The benefits generated by companies in the cooperation economy are also worth emphasizing. In a study on the economy of cooperation conducted in Poland in 2016 (sample n = 1,517 people reflecting the population…
When Facebook arrived in Poland in 2007-2009, many people asked questions: Is it something bigger or just a fad? When will it end? Today, from the perspective of these few years, I say that Facebook itself can, in a sense, be called part of the collaborative economy – it revolutionized the media industry thanks to…