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The Crowd

The collaborative economy is a movement! From legislative campaigns to taxi battles and $8 billion in sector funding, we are seeing a radical market shift from traditional consumerism to empowering the crowd. If you’d like to understand the collaborative economy, this podcast gets you tuned in to what thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and business are seeing, hearing, and feeling. Welcome to The Crowd!
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Oct 20, 2016

Social media is one of the most cost-effective distribution channels for content marketing, which has the potential to significantly grow your audience.

Good Audience is a marketplace of social media marketing professionals who will handcraft your content, increase your social media reach and manage your ad campaigns. They've grown communities into the millions and they can do it for you as well! 

Oct 5, 2016

We welcomed back Neal Gorenflo, co-founder of Shareable, to discuss his thoughts on the changes he's seen around the sharing economy in the past year, the Sharing Cities Network and it's impact, and the soon to be released book Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons.

Aug 4, 2016

We are now in the Age of Influence, where anyone can build an audience, effect change, advocate for brands and build relationships that make a difference. 

Ted’s years of advocating for Return on Relationship and more recently, How To Look People In The Eye Digitally, Ted shares his insights on what the cornerstones are for brands to build engaged multi-million member communities.

Jul 7, 2016

Content marketing has proven to be an effective strategy to drive revenue while adding value to your clients. Join us as we welcome WriterAccess founder Byron White, who discusses his 20 years of experience creating content and starting successful businesses. 

May 26, 2016

We're taking a look inside our own marketing department to hear from CJ and Julian. They have brought an innovative approach to Near Me and have become indispensable parts of the team. We'll discuss Julian's zero-to-hero Twitter strategy and CJ's success with building an engaged audience for StokeShare

Apr 7, 2016

Jason Oxman is CEO of the Electronic Transactions Association, the world's largest trade association of the payments technology industry. He is an expert on financial services, payments and technology, both domestically and internationally. Jason joins us to talk about the future of transactions and his latest article, The Four Ways Millennials Are Changing Commerce

Mar 24, 2016

Paul Excell is CEO and Chief Innovation Officer at iesquared.com. He is an internet pioneer with 34 years of experience in Global IT and business. Paul joins us to discuss the enterprise and startup mindsets and how innovation can help transform any organization, whatever the size. 

Feb 18, 2016

Having trouble financing your small business or marketplace? This week, we welcome Christine Kymn, Chief Economist and Director of Economic Research and Miriam Segal, economist, both from the Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy. They join The Crowd to discuss their published research, Peer-to-Peer Lending: A Financing Alternative for Small Businesses. 

Feb 4, 2016

Tom Hunt is the founder and CEO of Virtual Valley, the online platform that connects business owners with a virtual assistant that can take over repeatable tasks. Tom joins us to discuss his roller-coaster journey as an entrepreneur and how he created a service that will help you save time and money. 

Jan 21, 2016

Brian Solis is a digital analyst, anthropologist and also a futurist who studies the effects of disruptive technology on business and society. We chat with Brian about his latest book, X: The Experience When Business Meets Design. He explains how business needs to humanize their branding experience at a personal and cultural level, and be contextually relevant. 

Dec 23, 2015

David Hershfield of hershfieldconsulting.com discusses global payment processing and payment gateway integration with multiparty transactions. 

Dec 10, 2015

CARMAnation's CEO and co-founder Ilya Movshovich joins The Crowd to discuss the company's on-demand solution to San Francisco's parking problem. We'll also learn how CARMAnation allows its users to invest in the community by partnering with local charities. 

Nov 25, 2015

Financial analyst Barbara Gray discusses her recent research report The New Era of Economic Abundance and predicts how the sharing economy can disrupt incumbent business models. 

Nov 12, 2015

How safe do you feel when doing business online? Max Wesman from GoodHire joins us to discuss the importance of Trust and Safety, and what marketplaces can do to protect their employees and customers. 

Oct 8, 2015

An interview with Sarira Sayad, founder of the luxury handbag marketplace Luxuca. 

Oct 2, 2015

An interview with Nikki Schlecker, Director of Student Marketing at WayUp. 

 
Sep 24, 2015

An interview with Constantine Anastasakis, director of business development at Fiverr. 

Sep 17, 2015

Hear from the co-founders of Outdoorsy as they talk about insurance, building community, and their latest roadtrip.

Aug 28, 2015

In this episode on The Crowd, the founder of Dojo Threads, Kelly Kampen, talks about how he became an Airbnb superhost and why listening to your marketplace users matters. 

Aug 18, 2015

In this interview, we hear from Kevin Cohen, VP of Marketing at Hack Reactor, talk about tips and tools to stay on top of your education. 

Aug 11, 2015

Drawing on 15 years of experience across tech sales, marketing and product, Andrea Sharfin Friedenson combines empathy for stakeholders and the latest marketing techniques to deliver profitable growth and authentic customer engagement.

Aug 4, 2015

Bryan is the CEO of PureMatter, an award winning global digital agency based in Silicon Valley, a social strategist, TED speaker and recent author of the acclaimed book: Human to Human #H2H.

Jul 28, 2015

Pay your partners anywhere in the world with Tipalti. The global system supports paying to any country of the world with multiple payment methods and currencies. 

Jul 21, 2015

TrustCloud gathers four layers of trust and safety data to certify service providers on peer-to-peer platforms. TrustCloud offers the world’s first satisfaction guarantee for the sharing economy.

Jul 16, 2015

If you know what stoked means, you know you owe it to the universe to share it. Number 8 in the Surfers Code is “Pass On Your Stoke to a Nonsurfer”. The Surfers Code we live by goes well beyond surfing. It is a code that transcends any sport or activity and a code we believe leads to a more fulfilled life. StokeShare is about passing on that stoke and fulfillment to others.

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