VANCOUVER: Ride- and home-sharing startups shaking up the world are old concepts getting new life, founders of two prominent ventures told an “ideas conference” Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila).

“We didn’t invent anything new,” co-founder Joe Gebbia said of Airbnb during a candid presentation at the prestigious annual TED gathering in Vancouver.

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