The Magic of Sharing

Thank to the internet, people nowadays could broaden much bigger networks than before. Using the idea of sharing, people create lots of enterprises. Every idea about sharing is a good business opportunity.

Sharing videos→YouTube
Sharing ratings→Yelp, Rate My Professors, Rate My Physicians, IMDb, Douban
Sharing annotations→diigo
Sharing pics→Pinterest, Flickr
Sharing documents→Google Doc, Dropbox
Sharing things (borrow things)→yerdle

Sharing textbook→Chegg

Sharing dresses and accessories→RenttheRunway

Sharing skills→Skillshare

Sharing cars→Getaround
Sharing driveway, garage or parking spot→ParkAtMyHouse
Sharing ride→Lyft

Sharing manpower for tasks→TaskRabbit

Sharing themselves as tour guides→Vayable

Sharing themselves as pet sitter→DogVacay

From the above, we could find some trends:

1. From unsubstantial to substantial things

Videos, ratings, and pics are treated as unsubstantial things and are easy to share, and so they are used for sharing first. After many of unsubstantial things being used for star-ups, people turn to think about sharing substantial things, e.g., textbooks, dress, and cars.

2. From things to manpower

Recently, people would like to put their specialities, enrich their life, and make money, and thus enterprises that help people find people and recommend themselves for some tasks appear.

3. Focus on one specific side

The above enterprises just focus on one rather than more than one sides, things or tasks. It is rare to see one enterprise to offer platform for people to share everything or many things.

Therefore, think today about what other things or specific tasks could be shared and would be popular. You will be the next star for startups.