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Dear Brands, I’m Unnerved Too -

Dear Brands, I just got disrupted. I willingly let a stranger drive off in my car, and I found it unnerving.

The Maker Movement Disrupts Brands, Provides Opportunities -

For my third year, I spent yesterday at the Maker Faire, in Silicon Valley.  Unlike any other year, the crowds were overflowing, suggesting this movement was growing faster than the cottage industry before.

Google better organizes our world –and sells us back the experience -

Above Photo:  Google showcases interconnected screens at Google IO conference in SF. By Chris Silva (cross posted) and Jeremiah Owyang, Industry Analysts at Altimeter Group Last year’s over hyped skydiving was replaced by down to earth by grounded product enhancements.

Resources: Converged Media, Integrating your Paid, Owned, and Earned -

Is Facebook paid, owned or earned? The answer is yes. Facebook is all. They integrate advertising units along with content created by brands on their Facebook pages, and allow for consumers to share their opinions right in the comments.

Social Business Growth Segments: Social Media Management Systems and Education -

Brands Seek to Scale by Focusing On Managing Social Proliferation Altimeter’s research continues to survey buyers of disruptive technologies, and continues our coverage on social technologies.

Dear Brands, Our Relationship has Changed -

Dear Brands, I want an open relationship. I don’t want to buy from you directly, I want to rent, subscribe, and borrow your goods.

The Three Market Drivers: Causes for the Collaborative Economy -

Above Image: Fire Dancers metaphorically ignite movement in Union Square, the center of SF commerce. Your customers are trading products and goods –rather than buying them from you! Want to know why? We’re conducting research in a pragmatic method to find out why, and then answer what companies should do to respond.

Altimeter Research: Social Business Spreads Across The Enterprise -

Altimeter Data Above: Social spreads further to the edges in Hub and Spoke, and Distributes to Multiple Hub and Spoke, aka “Dandelion” Social Business Evolution Spreads In Corporations Altimeter’s most recent social business buyers survey of global national corporations with over 1000 employees has yielded interesting results.

The Next Phase of Social Business is the Collaborative Economy -

Above Image: Market Opportunities for the Collaborative Economy by Vertical, from Sharable Magazine follow them on Twitter.

Blue Ocean Opportunity: Branded Collaborative Economy Software -

A market opportunity for the innovative entrepreneur and visionary VC, a new market awaits to be charted.