The tech industry is swarming with innovation, new products made on rising technologies emerge everyday and the market is ripe with opportunity for the next big, disruptive idea. While established organizations are finding it difficult to keep pace with technology disruption, there are huge opportunities for savvy entrepreneurs and nimble startup ideas. Despite a welcoming startup ecosystem, …
When people refer to technology platforms, they tend to mean those which use the internet to match-make ( NYtimes article) suppliers and customers. Advocates of the platform economy present it as a new way of organizing work and value creation and as a fundamental and efficient alternative to the “old economy”. Traditional workplaces and employment are …
The Future of the Gig Economy The “gig economy” has become an ever-expanding meme, clocking over 500,000 citations on Google. It’s also become an interesting barometer of sentiment. Some people, especially techies, love the concept and can’t wait until the gig economy frees everyone from working as employees for large, bureaucratic organizations. Others, especially “progressives,” worry …