Steve Sammartino
Steve Sammartino is an Australian futurist, author and entrepreneur.
Sharing economy[edit]
According to Forbes, Sammartino launched Rentoid in 2007, one of the early sharing-economy,[1] peer-to-peer online hire and rental marketplaces.[2] Rentoid was featured in Rachel Botsman[3] and Roo Rogers’s book What’s Mine is Yours: How Collaborative Consumption is Changing the Way We Live. Rentoid was later sold to an ASX listed company in 2014.[4]
Experimental projects[edit]
According to the World Records Academy,[5] Sammartino collaborated with Raul Oiada in 2011 to launch the world’s first Lego Space Shuttle into space. Propelled by a helium-filled weather balloon, the Lego Space Shuttle[6] model 3367 was launched from German airspace into the stratosphere to an altitude of about 35,000 meters (114,800 feet).[6][7] According to Wired and ABC, in 2013 Sammartino and Oaida developed the world's first life-sized,[8] drive-able Lego car with a compressed air-powered Lego engine.[9][10][11][12]
Books[edit]
- The Great Fragmentation: And Why the Future of Business Is Small (Wiley, 2014), ISBN 978-0730312680
- The Lessons School Forgot: How to Hack Your Way Through the Technology (Wiley, 2017), ISBN 978-0730343202
TV shows[edit]
In November 2020, Sammartino co-wrote and co-hosted The Rebound on the Nine Network, airing nationally in Australia and also in New Zealand.[13] The Rebound is a business and technology television show on strategy for organizations and careers in the digital era. In July 2021, a second series commenced broadcast nationally on the Nine Network in Australia.[14]
References[edit]
- ^ Geron, Tomio. "The Unstoppable Rise Of The Share Economy". Forbes. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Rentoid Wants To Be The Place For Renting Anything". TechCrunch. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ Rachel, Botsman; Roo, Rogers (September 2010). What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption. HarperCollins Publishers. p. 72. ISBN 9780061963551.
- ^ "QNA Expands Its Collaborative Consumption Marketplace With Acquisition of Rentoid.com" (PDF). Australian Securities Exchange. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "First Lego Shuttle Sent into Space: Raul Oaida sets world record (Video)". www.worldrecordacademy.com. World Record Academy. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Lego space shuttle heads for final frontier". NewsComAu. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Footscray man Steve Sammartino says 'anything is possible' after building full-sized working car from Lego". Herald Sun. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ^ "Product Innovation in a hyper connected world The Australian Maker Movement" (PDF). Deloitte. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ Wakefield, Jane (19 December 2013). "Crowd-funded Lego car powered by air". BBC News. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ Lavrinc, Damon. "One Tweet Funded This Full-Size, Air-Powered Lego Hot Rod". Wired. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "The world's first life-sized, driveable Lego car has hit the streets of Melbourne". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Lego car hits the bricks in Australia". Reuters. 24 December 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ "Shopify and The Rebound Media's business show returns to Nine for season 2". Mumbrella. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "The Rebound & Shopify Returns To Nine For Season 2". B&T. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
External links[edit]
- Lego Car Featured in A Lego Brickumentary (2014)