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From Web1.0 to Web3.0.

The technological development of the world is constantly accelerating. Various technologies continuously improve the quality of our lives, eliminate systemic irregularities, and enhance work efficiency. Today, technology is present in virtually every sphere of life. In the vast majority of cases, technology brings added value to humanity. However, it also happens that with the advancement…

Why you should use equity crowdfunding in the next decade?

Introduction   Equity crowdfunding is a phenomenon that has been exceptionally dynamically developing on all continents since the 10’s of the 21st century. Equity crowdfunding platforms from around the world allow you to make investments in companies that are looking for capital for development in just a few minutes. By 2020, millions of investors from…

Is social trading the future of investing?

What is social trading? Each investor chooses a more or less complex investment strategy. Some make their decisions on the basis of fundamental factors and a thorough analysis of financial reports, others try to predict future quotations of instruments by observing their behavior in the past, while others, based on the latest information, follow the…

Polish Collaborative Economy Honeycomb 3.0

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…

How to choose a good blockchain project for investment?

Blockchain technology is increasingly making its way into the mainstream. I would be tempted to say that it will be the most fashionable word of the year, I officially announce 2018 as the year of blockchain in Poland. Corporations, startups, investors, regulator and universities are increasingly interested in solutions based on blockchain technology. Many people…

The Blockchain and New Technologies Chamber of Commerce

All entities dealing with new technologies in Poland are invited to submit a membership declaration to the Blockchain and New Technologies Chamber of Commerce. The declaration does not involve any costs or the obligation to pay membership fees – only the founding members have the option to voluntarily pay membership fees. Only until July 3,…

How to prepare a pitch deck?

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…

Brokerages should adapt Web3.0

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…

Collaborative Economy HoneyComb 2.0 – premiere!

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…

Crowdfunding as the best available method of financing innovation

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…

Why is the fourth industrial revolution an opportunity for Poland?

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…

Collaborative economy is the topic that heated the InternetBeta Conference – trendbook

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…

Regulators must innovate so that the economy is not left behind

Collaborative economy business models know no boundaries, especially in the financial industry and its technological branch – fintech. In addition to the increasingly popular services such as crowdfunding, equity crowdfunding, social currency exchange and cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin), P2P money lending, i.e. social loans, is dynamically developing. Social lending, otherwise known as peer-to-peer lending, is developing very…

In 5 years, the banks will not collapse, but their days are numbered!

From the very beginning, the financial industry was obscured by a wall of legal regulations to ensure liquidity and, above all, security. The foundation of every bank is credibility, trust and security. Bank customers must be sure that their funds are safe and that the bank is solvent. In the age of the internet, both…

Drivers KILL over 1 million people a year! – autonomous cars can save us

The future of transport lies in autonomous cars and artificial intelligence. Why are autonomous cars the future of transport? They don’t kill people! YES – DO NOT KILL! Every year, in car accidents, he dies in the world according to from 1.2 million to 1.4 million people from various sources, and another 20-50 million are…

A very interesting analysis of Uber in the context of protests and uberPOOL

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…

Sharing Economy or Collaborative Economy?

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…

Collaborative economy benefits & sectors

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…