Op-ed: Don’t Sour on the Sharing Economy Just Because of Recent Failures
Columnist Davey Alba has a message for investors: Don’t sour on the entire sharing economy just because of the recent demise of on-demand startups like Homejoy. Today’s sharing economy is much more viable as a business model than in the dot-com days, meaning that companies that truly key on consumer need (think Uber) aren’t going away anytime soon.