With Google, Facebook And Nextdoor, What’s Next For Lead Generation?
1:00 pm PST • January 19, 2016
A number of lead-generation platforms have emerged over the past few years to help local service professionals (“pros”) win more clients. The pro market is an $800 billion industry, so…
Can Entrepreneurs Succeed In Today’s On-Demand World?
8:00 am PDT • September 26, 2015
Intuit recently released an eye-opening new survey reporting that there are currently 3.2 million American workers who participate in the on-demand economy. By 2020, it’s estimated that there will be…
Service marketplaces have recently become Silicon Valley darlings. The marketplace model has been a popular way for VCs to efficiently tap into the local economies at scale, specifically the $800…
On the heels of Homejoy’s failure, the fundamental “on-demand marketplace” model has come into question by investors, the media and even consumers. That questioning is very relevant, as there has…
