The document discusses the rise of the participation economy enabled by blockchain technology. It notes that traditional economic models concentrate benefits among only a few, while the participation economy aims to empower many by allowing them to own their data and content, and mutually create value. The participation economy could positively impact over 1 billion lives by 2025 by democratizing how value is created and shared.

1. The rise of the
blockchain enabled
participation economy
Crowd Dialog.Athens, Greece. 21 September, 2017

2. “Optimism is a
strategy for making a
better future. Because
unless you believe
that the future can be
better, you are
unlikely to step up and
take responsibility for
making it so.”
― Noam Chomsky

3. Humanity
5.5M
Children illegally
trafficked annually
244M
Displaced and
undocumented people
2B
Unbanked people

4. Investment
4.9%
of women-led
companies receive
investorVC funding
4%
of mixed race leadership
teams receiveVC
funding
1%
of AfricanAmerican
entrepreneurs receive
VC funding

5. Social
3.5B
searches per day that
power Google’s ad-
dependant business
model
99.4%
of people who
contribute to a
crowdsourcing
campaign are not
rewarded
2.5B
social media users
worldwide are being
monetized every day for
the benefit of the few;
they are the product

6. The ad
model is
broken

7. If you can’t
see the price
tag you are
the product

8. Who gets funded?!?!

10. Leaning-in to
the impossible

11. www.iovia.io

12. Attention Economy Participation Economy
They own your content and data You own everything
They do whatever is needed to drive profits and
growth
We do whatever we can to help you create
commercial value and social impact
Return On Investment Return On Participation
Ad supported business model Mutual value creation business model
Economic benefits for the few Economic empowerment for the many
Old Model New Model

13. Empowerment
—
Democratization
—
Impact

14. The Participation Economy

15. Democratise the way value is
created and shared, and have a
positive impact on the lives of
1B people by 2025

16. WHO’S IN?
www.iovia.io
#ParticipationEconomy