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Airbnb S-1 (Part 1): So How Profitable Is This Thing Really?

View from Seed

Airbnb’s availability as a marketplace and its aggregation of substantial consumer demand has actually meant certain forms of lodging have been newly built or converted into rooms for the primary purpose of listing on Airbnb. Source: Airbnb S-1. Airbnb’s Secret Sauce. Expedia 8%. Booking Holdings 35%. Hilton 17%. Marriott 9%.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We currently operate a large 17,000 square foot facility, 5 stores to sell products in, and a distribution business to sell the product to retailers. My co founder Jonathan Hill realised how important good food was due to his father passing away from eating poorly. We kept doing that until we grew into what we are now.

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Announcing SnapTrip

The Equity Kicker

2) There is nowhere consumers can go which aggregates all the late availability properties in one place and guarantees the best prices. They’ve started with an MVP focused on the Lake District and will soon expand to the rest of the UK and then Europe. Secondly, Matt was a sole founder when he joined us.

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Out of the Crisis #7, Brian Chesky Part 1: running Airbnb in crisis mode, being multi-stakeholder, and re-founding the company

Startup Lessons Learned

I've known Brian Chesky, Co-Founder, CEO and Head of Community at Airbnb for a long time. 10:44) The moment the company went below 1x growth for the first time since it was founded as the pandemic hit China and then Europe. (11:50) First the news out of China, then Europe, then here in the U.S. 37:30) Compassion in layoffs. (39:37)

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Hacking for Diplomacy @ Stanford –What We Learned With the State Department

Steve Blank

Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations. Office of Assistance to Europe, Central Asia, & the Americas. As an example, Team Aggregate DB was working with the State Department Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO). Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. Office of Assistance to the Near East.

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Hacking for Diplomacy @ Stanford –What We Learned With the State Department

Steve Blank

Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations. Office of Assistance to Europe, Central Asia, & the Americas. As an example, Team Aggregate DB was working with the State Department Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO). Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. Office of Assistance to the Near East.

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Innovate Israel Conference Brings 28 Israeli startups to London

VC Cafe

There hasn’t been such a full list of Israeli startups coming to Europe since Barcelona’s World Mobile Congress. The UK is Israel’s second largest export market following the US, but Israeli startups often ‘forget Europe’ when it comes to Internationalizing their product. Applicaster - Company Website.