A kind of entrepreneurial thinking: through the internet so that the past idle resources are no longer idle

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Taobao second-hand

Yesterday off the road, open the mobile phone "Taobao second-hand" app, out of an idle mobile phone, information released soon received a lot of messages and telephone, quickly completed the transaction. Seven or eight years ago to sell second-hand is by posting in the local forum, 20 years ago can only stall or paste ads everywhere and other people to the door. Idle mobile phones because the mobile Internet quickly entered the circulation link.

Taobao second-hand online in 2012, as of last September, the platform sold a total of 6 million items.

  

2

Backpack

Friends study abroad, holiday home to see their parents, suitcase still a little open space son. Then the classmate introduced her to a website "Backpack (backpack)". Backpack is a start-up project for several college students, helping travelers with empty suitcases and people who want to carry things. The traveler can make a little trip, the other side can save a little postage or travel, the only thing that both sides need to pay is a little trust. In this peaceful years of the world, trust is not a luxury. The empty space of the suitcase because the Internet also began to circulate in the market.

Backpack was founded in 2014 without any financing.

  

3

TransferWise

Another friend wants to travel to Europe from the United States and needs to exchange a little sterling and euros for a rainy night. If you make a swap with a domestic bank, you need to pay a 1.5% fee to the bank. Banks in the United States and Europe also charge a higher fee for a swap. He eventually chose to use the website called "TransferWise" to convert the dollar into sterling and euros. TransferWise provides a direct currency trading platform for people with Exchange needs. For example: I hold renminbi, I need dollars; Tom holds the dollar, he needs the renminbi, we transfer money through the TransferWise, we all succeed in exchanging money and dispense with bank charges. Of course, the real use of TransferWise does not require direct user docking, for users, the experience is "at a very low cost to complete the swap task." In this case, the idle resources that circulate through the Internet are money.

TransferWise was founded in 2010 and now has a total financing of 7.37 million dollars.

  

4

Airbnb

The fourth case is about travel. Why are there so many cases of idle resources in the field of travel? Because before the advent of the Internet, too many resources were idle and could not be circulated across geographies. Then the internet changed everything.

AIRBNB provides a platform for idle rooms where landlords and travellers can trade. There are a wide variety of idle rooms on the Airbnb, with tree houses, townhouse, beach huts, idle bedrooms and even a sofa, which allows travellers to experience a real local life and provides a range of accommodations for travellers.

In this case, the idle resource is the room.

Airbnb was founded in 2008 and now has a total financing of 326 million dollars.

  

5

RelayRides

RelayRides is a floating platform for idle cars, which we often call the "Car rental service platform." The vehicle owner registers the information of the idle vehicle to the RelayRides, and in the idle time period, the car can be rented out to the friends who need it, of course it is a charge.

More than 10 years ago, the circulation of idle resources of automobiles could only occur in the circle of friends and relatives.

RelayRides was founded in 2008 and now has a total financing of 18.2 million dollars.

  

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NET loan

Idle funds in the past only in the circle of relatives and friends, now through the net loan platform, idle funds can be lent to the need and promised a certain rate of return.

NET Loan platform Block box recently won tens of millions of dollars in investment.

NET loan platform Pat Loan recently received 50 million U.S. dollars investment.

The net loan platform everyone loans The parent company recently obtained billion class dollar investment.

  

7

Free Network

The landlord will spare room to provide free network platform, free network rental to tenants. Unlike the Airbnb short rent, free net to provide one-year rental services to tenants.

  

8

Auntie Kitchen

The culinary talent will use up idle time to sell takeout to diners through the website of the aunt's kitchen.

  

9

Stowthat

Users can trade idle garage space on the Stowthat platform.

  

10

Fon

Through the Fon platform, people can share unused home WiFi network broadband to others, through Fon routing, this sharing can avoid security risks. Fon's wireless network sharing mechanism allows us to use free WiFi in very many areas. Everyone for me, I for everyone.

Fon was founded in 2005 and currently has more than 12 million Fon routes across the globe.

  

11

TaskRabbit

Through the TaskRabbit platform, everyone can use their idle hands and basket to help others to transport their belongings in short-distance movements.

TaskRabbit was founded in 2008, up to now a total of 37.7 million dollars in financing.

  

The development of the Internet, so many of the past can only idle resources circulated up, whether in the traditional field or emerging markets, circulation to create wealth, is irrefutable wisdom.

PS: In the Internet field, this idle resource circulation, has a fashionable word to describe--p2p.

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