In many discussions around business model innovation today, three companies are consistently mentioned – Google, Amazon and eBay [no links here, as everyone knows where to find them]. Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay, is working on a number of new projects, and if you want to get an indicator of future business models in the digital economy, then consider his areas of concentration:
Since June we have funded efforts in a number of areas:
* Bottom-up Media
* Open Source
* Intellectual Property
* Voting
* Social Software
* Bottom-up Media
* Open Source
* Intellectual Property
* Voting
* Social Software
The Omidyar Network has some great partners, including Creative Commons and Source Forge.
Via Kathleen.
