august 2015 BCBusiness 23
divide
conquer
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B Y F R A N C E S B U L A
The sharing economy
has upended established
markets and irritated
entrenched industries in
cities around the world.
The West Coast of North
America is particularly
fertile ground for this
libertarian, tech-forward
way of living, with Uber,
Lyft, Airbnb and other
now-multibillion-dollar
enterprises dominating
the competitive land-
scape. So why has
Vancouver been so slow
to hop on board?
P H O T O G R A P H Y
B Y P A U L J O S E P H
Air BNB (London)
Air BNB
Kick Starter Crowd Funding
Lyft (Miami) Sidecar
Etsy Ebay
