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The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions . . . and Created Plenty of Controversy by Leigh Gallagher
5.0
PERFECT TRIANGLE AND CEREAL BOXES -- STORIES BEHIND THAT BEAUTIFUL BELO
The story started from a room where two design school graduates, Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia, lived. They pursue an idea to connect room and house owners to random travelers or ordinary people. The idea sounds weird and crazy, but nowadays the startup has a US$31 billion valuation.
However, it's not an easy way to crossed for Airbnb's founders. They have to asked their mate Nathan Blecharczyk to leave his fiancee and join them through Y Combinator, they had to sell a gigantic amount of cereal to stay alive, and they also had to face a big wall of regulation that was created by government.
Airbnb's key of success is laid inside their founders' mind. Chesky is a natural leader and learning enthusiast, while Gebbia is a perfectionist that can handle the company's operation and new innovations really well. Blecharczyk, is not only an ordinary CTO. He has a great business mind that inspired him to create growth hacking tools, such as integration to Craiglist and legendary payment system.
And now, Airbnb had evolved and become a community. However, there are still lot of hurdles that wait for them in the future, while they also have plan for IPO next year. If you want to learn practical ways to follow Airbnb's success, this book is a perfect thing to read.
The story started from a room where two design school graduates, Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia, lived. They pursue an idea to connect room and house owners to random travelers or ordinary people. The idea sounds weird and crazy, but nowadays the startup has a US$31 billion valuation.
However, it's not an easy way to crossed for Airbnb's founders. They have to asked their mate Nathan Blecharczyk to leave his fiancee and join them through Y Combinator, they had to sell a gigantic amount of cereal to stay alive, and they also had to face a big wall of regulation that was created by government.
Airbnb's key of success is laid inside their founders' mind. Chesky is a natural leader and learning enthusiast, while Gebbia is a perfectionist that can handle the company's operation and new innovations really well. Blecharczyk, is not only an ordinary CTO. He has a great business mind that inspired him to create growth hacking tools, such as integration to Craiglist and legendary payment system.
And now, Airbnb had evolved and become a community. However, there are still lot of hurdles that wait for them in the future, while they also have plan for IPO next year. If you want to learn practical ways to follow Airbnb's success, this book is a perfect thing to read.