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17个新兴商业模式 zt

在美国,有2300万家小企业,每个月还会新增54.
1、 Skillshare
Skillshare is an online learning community to master real-world skills through project-based classes. For $9.95 a month, Premium Members can access hundreds of online classes taught by experts in creativity, design, technology and business.
成立时间:2011年
公司创始人:Malcolm Ong和Michael Karnjanaprakorn
创新视角:一个能学到任何东西的平台
之前,Skillshare推出的是一个类似“点餐”
经验:依靠拥有专业知识和聪明智慧的普通人,
2、Sitich Fix
Stitch Fix is the first fashion retailer to blend expert styling, proprietary technology and unique product to deliver a shopping experience that is truly personalized for you.
成立时间:2011年
公司创始人:Katrina Lake
创新视角:依靠数据和兼职时尚界人士提供的趋势,
Stitch FixStitch Fix is the first fashion retailer to blend expert styling, proprietary technology and unique product to deliver a shopping experience that is truly personalized for you.公司创始人兼首席执行官Katrina Lake表示,
Stitch Fix最初的用户定位在25岁左右的都市白领阶层,
经验:通过智能数据开发产品,给消费者带来惊喜和快乐,
3、 Warby Parker
Warby Parker is an American brand of prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses founded in 2010. Warby Parker sells online, and has a limited number of showrooms in the United States. By designing glasses in-house, and selling only directly to consumers, the company lowers the cost of its glasses by a significant amount.
成立时间:2010年
公司创始人: David Gilboa, Neil Blumenthal, Andrew Hunt, Jeffrey Raider
创新视角:绕过中介商,特别是那些巨头中介商,
Warby Parker的影响力是不可否认的,
经验:改变了人们看待一个行业的眼光。
4、 Paperless Post
Paperless Post is an e-commerce company focusing on design-driven online and printed stationery, including greetings, invitations, birth announcements, wedding suites, and custom stationery. Paperless Post partners with leading fashion designers including kate spade new york, Kelly Wearstler, and Oscar de la Renta. The company is based in New York City.
成立时间:2008年
公司创始人:James Hirschfeld和Alexa Hirschfeld
创新视角:彻底改变了信函世界,从线上起步,又回到线下
Paperless Post成立于2008年,
经验:重视设计美学。
5、 Zady
A new ecommerce site called Zady is bringing the conscious consumerism movement to the online retail space by showing shoppers exactly where the goods the carry come from. To that end, the site aims to blend commerce with storytelling in the form of brand profiles and lifestyle articles. Zady — a word that with a slight spelling tweak means “grandfather” in Yiddish and “prosperous” in Arabic — carries a range of artisanal women’s and men’s clothing, along with home and office supplies. The focus is on beautifully made products from smaller-scale makers, like Nashville’s denim brand Imogene + Willie.
成立时间:2013年
公司创始人:Soraya Darabi和Maxine Bedat
创新视角:透明化销售,
Zady 旨在改变人们看待时尚产品的方式,特别是快销时尚行业。
经验:讲述产品故事是非常重要的,
6、 Handybook
Handybook provides a web app enabling people to book cleaners, plumbers, handymen and other household service providers.
成立时间:2012年
公司创始人:Umang Dua,Oisin Hanrahan,Ignacio Leonhardt,以及Weina
创新视角:定制化家务服务,比如打扫房间,维修家电,
我们生活在一个定制化的时代,如果我们想要东西,
经验:方便才是关键。
7、 Popsugar
POPSUGAR is a global women's lifestyle brand focused in media, commerce, and technology. Our mission is to connect women with new entertainment,
成立时间:2006年
公司创始人:Brian Sugar, Lisa Sugar, Andy Moss, Jason Rhee, Arthur Cinader, Krista Moatz
创新视角:多元化共生的收入流,
Popsugar 的服务内容涵盖的都是人们感兴趣的,娱乐,名人,时装,美容,
经验:内容驱动商务,人们都喜欢一站式服务。
8、NatureBox
NatureBox Discovery Snack Boxes. Each month, your box will include five different NatureBox snacks made from wholesome ingredients. In fact, our nutritionist-approved foods are minimally processed, if at all. To get a better idea of what you can expect in your subscription, here are some of our past NatureBoxes.
成立时间:2012年
公司创始人:Gautam Gupta和Kenneth Chen
创新视角:一种全新的订购服务,
Naturebox 已经获得了6400万美元融资,提供健康的零食,到目前为止,
经验:让你自己的产品和竞争对手不同,帮助企业获得竞争力。
9、Hukkster
Hukkster was a free shopping tool that tracks products online for users and notifies them via email, text message, and/or push notification when those products go on sale or when a coupon code or promotion is applicable.
成立时间:2011年
公司创始人:Erica Bell和Katie Finnegan
创新视角:通过库存量跟踪你想要的商品,
Hukkster 可以为消费者提供最大限度的折扣信息。
经验:购物者都喜欢省钱,帮助他们实现这一目标,将会实现双赢。
10、Zola
Zola is a new startup that will reinvent wedding registry. The company will provide an easy way for customers to plan weddings, and update the process. The design of the registry homepage will be highly customizable, with the option of creating collections of different types of categories you want to set up in your registry. Eventually, Zola will expand to creating actual wedding websites for couples, with the ability to add things like where the wedding is taking place, travel information, and more.
成立时间:2013年
公司创始人:Shan-Lyn Ma,Nobu Nakaguchi,以及Kevin Ryan
创新视角:一家在线选购婚礼礼物的网站,非常个性化的婚礼注册,
该公司创始人Kevin Ryan是一个创业老兵,
未婚夫妇通过Zola可以创建自己的个性化网站,
经验:一个漂亮的节目,和提供个性化服务的能力,
11. Oyster
Oyster, built in NY, offers unlimited access to over 500,000 books for $9.95 a month, with new titles added all the time. It creates more of the special moments that only books can offer. From anywhere a mobile device can go—a bustling subway car, a quiet coffee shop, or lost at sea with a Bengal tiger—its mission is to build the best reading experience, one that is both communal and personal, anytime, anywhere.
成立时间:2013年
公式创始人:Eric Stromberg, Andrew Brown, Willem Van Lancker
创新视角:电子书,搭配华丽的用户界面。
订购电子书已经成为了一种趋势,但是在过去的几年里,
经验:要拥抱媒体消费习惯这一趋势,
12、Uber Get a taxi, private car or rideshare from your mobile phone. Uber connects you with a driver in minutes. Use our app in cities around the world.
成立时间:2009年
公司创始人:Travis Kalanick和Garrett Camp
创新视角:利用按需服务的驾驶员和动态的价格,
尽管面临法律方面的困境,以及定价方面的问题,
经验:创新是一场艰苦的战斗,但也是一场非常值得的战斗。
13. Serengetee
A brand inspired by global fabrics & dedicated to global causes. Wear the world. Change the world.
成立时间:2012年
公司创始人:Jeff Steitz, Ryan Westberg,以及Nate Holterman
创新视角:自筹资金,动机导向的服装,
每个衣服口袋上都有一个Serengetee tee的图案,
“我们传递的信息,不是要去挽救世界,
经验:把自己打造成为一个个性化,并且关注社会的企业,
14. StyleSaint
"StyleSaint is your go to resource for all things style. With thousands of images hand-selected by savvy StyleSaints the world over and daily style notes that help you get dressed in the morning, StyleSaint is the ultimate source for your fashion fix.
成立时间:2010年
公司创始人:Allison Beal和Brian Garrett
创新视角:在一个时尚标签下,时尚与媒体相结合,
StyleSaint 公司位于洛杉矶,图片分享网站受到越来越多人的青睐。而 StyleSaint 更是将图片分享与电子商务完美结合,
经验:客户是对的,特别是当你提供的服务对上了他们的口味。
15. Airbnb
Airbnb is a website for people to rent out lodging.[1] It has over 500,000 listings in 33,000 cities and 192 countries.[2] Founded in August 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company is privately owned and operated by Airbnb, Inc.
成立时间:2008年
公司创始人: Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia and Nathan Blecharczyk
创新视角:创造一个分享经济,利用空置房屋,公寓,
像 Uber,Airbnb这些公司,都在受到法律问题的困扰,
经验:分享就是关怀,p2p模式帮助消费者省了一笔钱,
16. Rent the Runway
Rent the Runway is an online service that provides designer dress and accessory rentals. Initially a purely e-commerce company, it began to expand into brick-and-mortar in 2013, opening three retail locations nationwide.
成立时间:2009
公司创始人: Jennifer Hyman 和Jenny Fleiss
创新视角:出租高端服装,为他人创造一个“灰姑娘时刻”,
随着Instagram和Facebook上的照片越来越多,
经验:让用户穿上梦寐以求的服装,
17. Birchbox
Birchbox is the leading discovery commerce platform. It is a retail process by offering consumers a unique and personalized way to discover, learn about, and shop the best beauty, grooming, and lifestyle products on the market. Headquartered in New York City.
成立时间:2010年
公司创始人:Katia Beauchamp和 Hayley Barna
创新视角:订购化妆品盒,满足你内心美容“小恶魔”的欲望
Birchbox 是一家化妆品初创公司,但是它却震撼了整个行业。
经验:在一个充满竞争的行业,