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The 50 Shades of Economic Enslavement
As I watched 50 Shades of Grey the other night, I felt struck by the parallels the storyline had to that of our economy. I kept thinking...
Chelsea Rustrum
Mar 17, 20153 min read


Healing Through Our Connectedness – A Poem
I woke up this morning after dreaming about these words and waking in between, as reflected below. The earth lives and breathes with the...
Chelsea Rustrum
Dec 4, 20141 min read


Digital Cooperatives 101 – An Introduction
As I begin to discover and understand cooperative business models, I’m going to share my learnings with you. As a sharing economy...
Chelsea Rustrum
Nov 30, 20144 min read


3 Ways to Keep the Sharing Economy Powered by the People
How the Sharing Economy Can Transition Here are three ways to transition the sharing economy so that the power remains in the hands of...
Chelsea Rustrum
Jun 11, 20142 min read


Who Owns the Sharing Economy? We Do!
Lately, the press for the sharing economy has been fairly contentious. Article after article call into question who owns the sharing...
Chelsea Rustrum
May 25, 20144 min read


Hippie Hour is the New Happy Hour
How Hippie Hour started So, a few weeks ago I started thinking about how I could best utilize my ginormous backyard to connect good...
Chelsea Rustrum
Apr 5, 20142 min read


Defining the Sharing Economy – What is It?
The 3 Components that Define the Sharing Economy The reality is, the sharing economy is so improperly defined that investors call...
Chelsea Rustrum
Feb 11, 20143 min read


Leaders of the New Economy
The beautiful lesson of the sharing economy is that we can start thinking about transactions differently — we can start viewing them as...
Chelsea Rustrum
Jan 10, 20143 min read


Digital Socialism
How Some Sharing Economy Organizations are Challenging Traditional Exchange Models Digital socialism is this idea that we can solve...
Chelsea Rustrum
Jan 10, 20143 min read


Writing, Destination Coworking & Entrepreneurship
Sometimes an entire year can fly by without warning and it can seem like nothing major happened even though there were many great...
Chelsea Rustrum
Feb 21, 20138 min read


How to Empower and Support Others
In my journey into the sharing economy and beyond, I’ve drawn many conclusions and had a series of revelations that would have been...
Chelsea Rustrum
Nov 2, 20126 min read


Leaving a Human Imprint
I am a human imprint, not a brand nor a reporter. I used to classify myself in business terminology and now I see more clearly without...
Chelsea Rustrum
Jun 12, 20122 min read


A Choice to Be Awake
Last evening, I watched an advance screening of Linda Lovelace, the story of a porn star. This was the directors cut and the story of a...
Chelsea Rustrum
May 19, 20123 min read


Accelerating Serendipity
Serendipity, such a beautiful experience. I’d say some of the most successful entrepreneurs I know, follow the practice of accelerating...
Chelsea Rustrum
Feb 24, 20123 min read


The Future Internet
I was utterly fascinated by the ability to connect nations, oceans, economies, cultures… I knew this new system of sharing documents,...
Chelsea Rustrum
Feb 6, 20124 min read


Distraction Detox – Freeing Life of Quick Fixes
Burning Man gave me a lot of time to think. I was supposed to meet up with some well intending friends. Instead, I wound up spending a...
Chelsea Rustrum
Nov 22, 20113 min read


Time to Declare Interdependence
Since I have allowed my life to be dictated not only by choice, but also by conscious intention, miracles have shown up all over the...
Chelsea Rustrum
Oct 17, 20115 min read


Rise of the Collaborative Coffee Shop
I’m noticing a trend. Let me first say….Coworking rocks! In fact, I wear my “Cowork” (see below) shirt from the 2011 Coworking...
Chelsea Rustrum
Oct 17, 20113 min read


Burning Man – I’ll Either Love or Hate it?
Yo, yo: These are my Burning Man before thoughts written in a hurry two hours before taking off for @blackrockcity. I’ll give you the...
Chelsea Rustrum
Sep 6, 20115 min read


What is Community?
We spend most of our time in communities and micro-communities, some of which feel much more communal than others. Why do we develop and...
Chelsea Rustrum
Aug 1, 20114 min read
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