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How kaputt.de solved the chicken-egg problem of a three-sided market placeBuilding a marketplace requires growing two customer groups at the same time: The buyers and the sellers. Providing platform services that compete with the sellers' offerings adds another twist to the challenge. In this episode, Tobias Kronawitter, founder of kaputt.de, shares his experience in helping people extend the lifetime of smartphones, smartwatches, coffee machines, and game consoles by matching them with local repair shops and offering repair kits.

Looking at collaborations in the textile industry to facilitate the circular use of baby productsWhy should a brand or manufacturer offer its products as a service? And what will they learn about their products? In this episode Puck Middelkoop, the founder of Hulaaloop will share her experience in renting out kids' clothes from premium brands. https://www.hulaaloop.com/ [https://www.hulaaloop.com/]

Listen how bedzzzy identified compelling benefits of a subscription model and why they didn't use the well-known Auping brand for their serviceWhy should customers rent a product they previously bought? Having a compelling answer to that question is key for the success of every Product as a Service model. And why would you start the service under a new service brand when you already have a well-known product brand? In this episode, Lisette from bedzzzy shares her experience with offering circular Auping mattresses as a service. Find out more about … bedzzzy: https://bedzzzy.com/ [https://bedzzzy.com/]Auping: https://www.auping.com/ [https://www.auping.com/]The circular mattress: https://www.auping.com/en/mattress-evolve [https://www.auping.com/en/mattress-evolve]

Experiences IKEA made so farDid you ever wonder how a large company organizes the transformation to a more circular business? And what if you're producing and selling thousands of products - how to assess and manage their circularity? These are the main questions we will explore in this episode. Simon Skoog from IKEA shares experiences they made so far. The Testament of a Furniture Dealer by Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA [https://www.inter.ikea.com/en/-/media/InterIKEA/IGI/Financial [https://www.inter.ikea.com/en/-/media/InterIKEA/IGI/Financial] Reports/EnglishThetestamentofadealer2018.pdf](https://www.inter.ikea.com/en/-/media/InterIKEA/IGI/Financial [https://www.inter.ikea.com/en/-/media/InterIKEA/IGI/Financial] Reports/EnglishThetestamentofadealer2018.pdf) The history of IKEA https://about.ikea.com/en/who-we-are/our-roots/milestones-of-ikea [https://about.ikea.com/en/who-we-are/our-roots/milestones-of-ikea] Press release anouncing the goal to be fully circular by 2030 https://newsroom.inter.ikea.com/publications/designing-for-circularity-and-our-future/s/20f17dff-c43f-46c9-a5d4-be766859b760 [https://newsroom.inter.ikea.com/publications/designing-for-circularity-and-our-future/s/20f17dff-c43f-46c9-a5d4-be766859b760] Find the Circular Product Design Guide of IKEA here https://preview.thenewsmarket.com/Previews/IKEA/DocumentAssets/512088_v2.pdf [https://preview.thenewsmarket.com/Previews/IKEA/DocumentAssets/512088_v2.pdf]

A Product as a Service business helping poor people in BelgiumHow to run a Product as a Servíce business together with a social partner? And how to remove the worries of poor people with a subscription? The Papillon project rents out Bosch home appliances to poor people. In this episode, Bruno Vermoesen explains the unique character of Papillon. More information about Papillon: https://www.bosch.com/stories/papillon-project/ [https://www.bosch.com/stories/papillon-project/]