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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

In contemplating various names on a plane ride coming back to Chicago from Boston, we landed in a bad rain storm with the pilot’s forecast of the storm becoming much worst and that we were very lucky to have beat the severe storm. Our business began on the island of Block Island, Rhode Island.

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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

Brian Chesky : And also humans are not good at forecasting or creating a mental model around something that's never happened before. I went to Rhode Island School of Design. 5:01) Brian's thoughts on the human dimension to his approach and how that sets him apart in Silicon Valley. (6:06) 8:22) On how crisis reveals character.