It’s that awkward pause during the conversation around the dinner table. You and your pea-tossing children have just found out your mom is listing her 3D printer online. She’s making necklaces and bracelets for the ladies down at the craft barn and padding her retirement income quite nicely with cash and discarded ABS spools. How’s…

Airbnb has been one of the more famous startups in recent memory with their original ‘Air Bed and Breakfast’ idea: connecting empty bedrooms and guest houses to travelers and offering extra cash for those opening their homes to strangers. Many who have opened their homes to travelers have found so much success with Airbnb that…