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A veteran host explains why he would prefer couchsurfing guests to paying customers with ‘high expectations’ 
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The article mentions new players in the field of social travel: Localoids and Horizon, Tripping, BeWelcome, Trampolinn, TrustRoots, Nightswapping, Voyaj. Excerpted from NITHIN COCA: “Couchsurfing changed not only my life, but how I traveled and saw the world. It was how I met several of my best friends. Today it is a shadow of its …
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Glowbl is partner of the OuiShare Fest to give access to 3 days of debates on sharing economy to the world comunity.
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This is the story of a brand heading for disaster since 2011. Couchsurfing is a social network community of travellers who offer each other hospitality, believing that cultural exchange can make the world a better place. Founded in 2004, the community by 2011 had reached over 3 million users everywhere in the world – I am one of them.
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Couchsurfing announced that interim CEO Jennifer Billock will become the permanent CEO.
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Riccardo G.’s profile on CouchSurfing.com, the website that partners intrepid wanderers with willing hosts, notes that he lives in the “best neighborhood to go out and have drinks,” that he offers a “cozy/clean/nice sofa/couch” and that he’ll even let you bring your “small dog, if you just can’t live without him.”
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Couchsurfing is a global travel network founded in 2004. It claims six million adventurous travelers and hospitable hosts, together envisioning “a world made better by travel and travel made richer by connection.” But on October 10, the company cut that connection with 40 percent of its staff, and its CEO Tony Espinoza, who just took over the company 18 months ago, announced he was stepping down. Adding to its trouble, according to TechCrunch, is the fact that the company, which has raised over $22 million since becoming a for-profit more than two years ago, is burning through $800,000 a month.
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Couchsurfing is a global travel network founded in 2004. It claims six million adventurous travelers and hospitable hosts, together envisioning “a world made better by travel and travel made richer by connection.” But on October 10, the company cut that connection with 40 percent of its staff, and its CEO Tony Espinoza, who just took over the company 18 months ago, announced he was stepping down. Adding to its trouble, according to TechCrunch, is the fact that the company, which has raised over $22 million since becoming a for-profit more than two years ago, is burning through $800,000 a month.
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Couch Surfing and sharing economy concept. Vector illustration in flat style design. Travel infographic. - Stock Vector from the largest library of royalty-free images, only at Shutterstock.
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"Today Couchsurfing is a shadow of its self, full of abandoned profiles and spam-filled city pages. The journey of how Couchsurfing rose and fell is a tale of the power of organic community, and how growth can often be a facade."
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read Catharine Hamm's article "Learning to Share" (Aug. 24) with great interest. I have been thinking a lot about our sharing economy and whether it is really just that.
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My Couchsurfing friends in Toledo, Ohio
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Last month, news broke that Couchsurfing, the web's largest travel social network, had its CEO step down, the latest in a long line of setbacks for the company.
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Couchsurfing made a deal with the devil – venture capital money – and lost its base. It’s a lesson to any social network that aims to connect people in meaningful ways.
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