By Guimar Vaca Sittic Most of the successful peer-to-peer marketplaces are purchase-oriented. The graph below categorizes some of the most successful peer-to-peer marketplaces and divides them by transaction type: rental … Continue reading «  »

I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Harry Stebbings of The Twenty Minute VC. You can find the interviews on iTunes at http://bitly/thetwentyminutevc and on the Web at: http://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/fabricegrinda/. … Continue reading «  »

By Guimar Vaca Sittic It’s already common knowledge that the latest wave of marketplaces are vertical plays attacking horizontal behemoths like eBay or Craigslist. Disruptive online marketplaces not only connect … Continue reading «  »

Dazeinfo wrote a really nice article for my birthday full of surprisingly accurate information. I recreated the blog post below for your reading pleasure. You can find the original at: … Continue reading «  »

After 7 years permanently on the road for OLX, I longed to decrease business travel. Sadly, the insanity of the US immigration process, meant that the tech team for my … Continue reading «  »

I have to admit that my ability to live and travel light is greatly facilitated by the extraordinary mobile apps that are now available, especially for on-demand services. Looking at … Continue reading «  »

À la suite de l’article paru dans le NY Times, vous avez été nombreux à me demander la liste complète des objets avec lesquels je vis et voyage. Il se … Continuer la lecture de « Asset Light Living »

بعد مقال نيويورك تايمز، تواصل عدد منكم وطلب القائمة الكاملة للعناصر التي أعيش معها وأسافر معها. يتلخص الأمر في 50 عنصرًا بما في ذلك حقيبة السفر وحقيبة الظهر. في حقيبة … متابعة قراءة « الأصول الخفيفة المعيشة »

NY Times کے مضمون کے بعد، آپ میں سے بہت سے لوگوں نے ان اشیاء کی مکمل فہرست طلب کی ہے جن کے ساتھ میں رہتا ہوں اور سفر کرتا … « اثاثہ لائٹ لونگ «  پڑھنا جاری رکھیں

This goes to show there is no such thing as bad press. I made the cover of the New York Times Styles section last Sunday. Unfortunately the article fails to … Continue reading «  »

Global interest rates are now at historical lows. Conversely we are seeing record prices for asset prices be they share prices of listed companies, privately held Internet startups, art, collectible … Continue reading «  »

Here is a personal ode to skiing while I eagerly await the next season and healed knees.

I wanted to share a fun interview I gave to JobSpotting. They kindly allowed me to reproduce it on my blog. Fabrice Grinda likes building things. He also happens to … Continue reading «  »

It’s been a while since I posted a missive on our venture investments and I felt it was long overdue given the fundamental changes we’ve made to our strategy. We … Continue reading «  »