This document discusses opportunities for legacy brands to embrace the sharing economy. It notes that over 25% of people have participated in the sharing economy. While initially seen as only appealing to millennials, one third of sharers are age 33-54. The document outlines some barriers to adoption that startups have faced, as well as attributes that have made startups attractive. It suggests ways that big brands could identify opportunities to provide value above their core offering, adopt best practices, and eliminate barriers to participation. Specific opportunities discussed include AirBnB for disaster relief and Tesla enabling car sharing. The document argues that embracing the sharing economy is a growth opportunity for legacy brands rather than a threat.
10. Driven By
• Economics
• Community
• Social responsibility
• Flexible lifestyle
• Easy to do business with
• Less is more
11. Why Should Big Brands
Embrace it?
It’s Not A Threat, But An
Opportunity!
12. Apart From The Fact That
You Can’t Ignore It…
• Desirable market segment
• Influential segment drives behaviors
& attitudes to other segments
• Risk free trials
• Demonstrate social responsibility
13. But Also….
• Your customers continue to turn to
you.
• Digital business model transferable to
enterprise.
• Operations as a service?
15. Lessons From Startups:
Barriers To Adoption & Implementation
• Trust
– Stolen or damaged property
– quality and value
• Scale in early stages
• Cost of back-office ops
16. Lessons From Startups:
Attractive Attributes
• Digital first
• Trust in network and social at the core
• High customer satisfaction
• Attractive economics
– Make money from assets
– Luxury without breaking the bank
17. Where are the opportunities?
Value Above
Core Offering
Best
Practices
Opportunity
Eliminate
Adoption
Barriers
18. How Big Is The Lift?
• Persona & their customer journey?
– Likely easier than creating a new market.
• Opportunity to extend the current value?
• Design the customer experience
– Largely “digital and social first”
• Leverage competencies – existing ops
29. Conventions You Can Adopt In
Brand Experience Design
Conventions Brand Experience Elements
Convenient Digital first
Mobility = accessibility
Trust Transparent rating system
Social
Low Friction Cashless
1-2 clicks
Relevant Location aware
Inclusive Luxury Uber: Everyone’s private driver
Taskrabbit: We’ll do what you don’t want to
Etsy: Handmade, originals
30. Final Words – Join the Movement
• A growth opportunity, not a threat.
– New customer segments
– Customers extract more value from your product
– Operations as a service (OAAS)?
• Amplify customer experience by including
the “sharer persona” in your customer
journeys.
• Augment core offering, adopt best practices,
eliminate the barriers.