Freelancing and the
Sharing Economy:
What Are the Benefits
and Concerns?
Munich
Chapter
Panel discussion:
November 2016
Munich Chapter
November 2016
Welcome
Hi, I am
Juan Tejeda
Business Designer/
Entrepreneur/
Managing Director 

of Digital Business
Design agency
Sabina Wolf
Business Programs Editor,
Bayrischer Rundfunk (media - TV)
Bayerischen Rundfunk TV
Marco Barulli
CEO and founder, Bernstein
Technologies (blockchain expert)
Christopher Brown
Director of Business Intelligence at
Shore GmbH
Nikhil Felix Nakra
Managing Director, Trivium eSolutions
GmbH (software development by
3rd parties) 
Pamela Meil
Senior Research Fellow, Director
of International Studies, and
member of the governing board
at the Institute for Social Science
Research (ISF München)
The Freelance Economy
is on the rise…
1. Shifting economic conditions
2. Corporate downsizing / Aim for flexibility
3. More possibilities to work remotely
(devices, apps, internet…etc.)
4. Proliferation of Co-working spaces
5. As a supplement to personal income
(trend mostly among millennials)
America
Population
324,227,000
GDP per Capita
53,041.98 USD
Life expectancy
79.3 years
53million
registered
freelancers
approx. 16.5%
of the total
population
Great Britain
Population
64,596,800
GDP per Capita
41,787.47 USD
Life expectancy
81.50 years
1,88million
registered
freelancers
approx. 2.9% 

of the total
population
Germany
Population
82,175,700
GDP per Capita
46,268.64 USD
Life expectancy
80.89 years
1,34million
registered
freelancers
approx. 1.7% 

of the total
population
Digital Nomads –
use the internet
to work remotely.
Special type of
freelancers:
Kathi & Paul
(@vannomaden)
Supertemps –
usually corporate
refugees, earning
six figure salaries.
Special type of
freelancers:
What about the
Sharing Economy…
Source: http://www.gruenderszene.de/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/infografik-shareconomy.png
A comparison of existing emerging business models
Co-Operative

Sharing Platform
Platform Sharing PlatformTraditional
Underused assets On-demand labour
Business Landscape
OLD
ECONOMY
PLATFORM/GIG/SHARE/FREELANCE ECONOMY
Skies
20€ a day GO-PRO
Cam
5€ a day
SUV
50€ a day
Ski gear
15€ a day
AirBnb
House
140€ a day
This is a good example
where two worlds collide:
AirBnb combines their
experience from Sharing
Economy with the
Freelance Economy,
empowering freelancers
to sell experiences
around the world.
Picture this…
Morning
Uber driver
Afternoon
Coder
Nights
Restaurant help
Let’s begin
Thank you
Munich Chapter
November 2016

Freelancing and the sharing economy