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Brian Chesky explains how Airbnb solved the chicken-and-egg problem
“Marketplaces are incredibly defensible at scale, and maybe it’s because they’re incredibly hard to start. And the problem is simple - they call it the chicken and egg problem.”
As Brian explains, it was tough to bootstrap... See more
Startup Archivex.comPaul Graham initially thought Airbnb was a crazy idea and tried to convince them to start a bank.
Here's the crazy story of how a $40 box of cereal convinced him to let @bchesky and the Airbnb team into @ycombinator. https://t.co/YvM6ZcXoXL
Max Palmerx.comWe're giving away $10,000,000 to create the craziest places on earth — 100 people will get $100k each
Brian Cheskyx.comRemarkably, it is wholly owned by Craig Newmark and Jim Buckmaster, who are two of the most understated billionaires in tech.
Andrew Chen • The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects
In 2007, Chesky and his roommate, Joe Gebbia, lived in San Francisco and could barely afford their rent. When a major conference rolled into town and attendees soaked up all the local hotel rooms at jacked-up prices, Chesky and Gebbia bought three air mattresses and posted a notice on the Internet offering a bed for the night and breakfast in the
... See moreAl Ramadan, Dave Peterson, Christopher Lochhead, • Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers, and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets
some call it growth hacking, others call it hyper personalization, here at @join_arc this is simply the standard.
Here’s a pic of our latest pile of handwritten cards for the @ycombinator S24 batch! If you see yours send me a DM! Or pick it up at our first S24 event next week 🤠 https://t.co/57xoSsOcF2