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Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company
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For when someone says “I’ve seen this before, it didn’t work” — D'Arcy Coolican
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So here's the story of how we missed Airbnb, one of the best startups to come our way in the past few years.
The Airbnb founders came out of the winter 2009 Y Combinator class. They came to see us during their time at YC. They told us about a great stunt they pulled at the Democratic Convention in Denver (in which Obama was nominated). They bought a... See more
The Airbnb founders came out of the winter 2009 Y Combinator class. They came to see us during their time at YC. They told us about a great stunt they pulled at the Democratic Convention in Denver (in which Obama was nominated). They bought a... See more
Airbnb - AVC
We couldn’t wrap our heads around air mattresses on the living room floors as the next hotel room and did not chase the deal. Others saw the amazing team that we saw, funded them, and the rest is history... We made the classic mistake that all investors make. We focused too much on what they were doing at the time and not enough on what they could... See more