Why are people Sharing?

While the Sharing Economy has become increasingly popular you may have wondered why people are choosing sharing over ownership. In the Report "Sharing is the New Buying, Winning in the Collaborative Economy" by Jeremiah Owyang, Vision Critical and Crowd Companies they asked over 90,000 people why they share goods, services, space, transportation, and money. They found that the top reasons people participated in sharing was because it is more convenient, it has better value and it's a unique experience.

Check out the rest of study here and the recent dissection on why people share here and let us know what you think. Why do you share?

Sharing is the New Buying.

Recently, Jeremiah Owyang, Cheif Catalyst and Founder at Crowd Companies and all around Sharing Economy guru, released the largest report on the Sharing Economy to date. "Based on responses from more than 90,000 Internet users across the US, UK and Canada, the report concludes that sharing online is mainstream, growing, practical and satisfying".  

Check out the whole report here and let us know what you think. Are you surprised by these results? Excited?