Storefront is an online marketplace that connects makers to short-term retail space in order to fill the estimated 1 in 10 stores that sit empty. The presentation discusses trends in the sharing economy and personal selling revolution, noting that retail is shifting towards experiences. It promotes Storefront as a way to create spaces that matter for the over 28 million small businesses and entrepreneurs in the US, particularly the 1/6 that work in the creative industry.

2. BRAZIL INNOVATORS
Tristan Pollock
Storefront & 500 Startups
thestorefront.com // 500.co

3. ERIK TRISTAN

4. STOREFRONT IS AN ONLINE
MARKETPLACETO CONNECT
MAKERSTO SHORT-TERM
RETAIL SPACE

5. OVER 1,000 STORES OPENED

6. MAKERS FOR LIFE

7. [ GREY SPACE ]

8. 1 IN 10 STORES ARE EMPTY

9. 28 MILLION
small businesses and entrepreneurs in the US.
1/6 work in the creative industry.

10. KANYE

11. HTTP://YOUTU.BE/C8_AUJ99GJM

12. TRENDS
1.THREE ECONOMIES
2. PERSONAL SELLING REVOLUTION
3. RETAIL = EXPERIENCE

13. SHARING ECONOMY

14. SHARING ECONOMY

15. SHARING ECONOMY

16. SHARING ECONOMY

17. SHARING ECONOMY

18. SHARING ECONOMY

19. SHARING ECONOMY

20. SHARING ECONOMY

21. LOCAL ECONOMY

22. SHARING ECONOMY
ON-
DEMAND
ECONOMY

23. PERSONAL SELLING REVOLUTION
SQUARE +
TWITTER +
YOUTUBE

24. RETAIL
SALES
95%

25. CREATE SPACES
THAT MATTER

26. TRISTAN@THESTOREFRONT.COM
@WRITERPOLLOCK