On the Breakfast Grille, Melisa Idris speaks to Nipun Mehta, founder of Service Space, an incubator for gift-economy projects.



Ideologically, the Gift Economy is a way of doing business that allows the client to determine the value of the item or service. Ethically, it challenges the receiver to give back. Philosophically, it offers a worldview centered on relationship, instead of money.



We ask Nipun to explain Service Space's guiding principles and how "giftivism" can shift the economic relationship between consumption and contribution.

On the Breakfast Grille, Melisa Idris speaks to Nipun Mehta, founder of Service Space, an incubator for gift-economy projects. Ideologically, the Gift Economy is a way of doing business that allows the client to determine the value of the item or service.&nbsp;Ethically, it challenges the receiver to give back.&nbsp;Philosophically, it offers a worldview centered on relationship, instead of money. We ask Nipun to explain Service Space's guiding principles and how "giftivism" can shift the economic relationship between consumption and contribution.

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