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

View from Seed

Airbnb’s bookings have rebounded to roughly 70-80% of what they were in 2019 pre-COVID whereas global hotel companies like Marriott and Hilton are operating at roughly 35-40% of where they were in fall 2019. But even with this profitable Q3, on a trailing twelve months (TTM) basis Airbnb has a GAAP net loss of >$1 billion.

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7 Reasons To Think Globally While Still New And Local

Startup Professionals Musings

This approach, popularly known as “ glocalization ,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. Not every international market matters, but some are larger than life.

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How One Startup Combines Boston’s B2B Sense with the Valley’s Social Media Style

View from Seed

Incepted in 2012, Alignable’s platform hit the market in 2014, and since then, we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of business owners in North America join. A few stats to consider on the market opportunity in North America alone: 28 million SMBs in North America, with roughly 60 million employees.

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30 Entrepreneurs Forecast Where Their Business Will Be In Five Years

Hearpreneur

12- Will operate on automation and artificial intelligence. So, there are very high chances my business will operate on automation and artificial intelligence after 5 years. 17- The foremost food sustainability consultancy in North America. Thanks to Brian Campbell, WaterFilterGuru ! #12- Photo Credit: Steve Anderson.

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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

YoungUpstarts

Tech companies need advertising, marketing, public relations, and technical sales professionals. By 2017, the tech industry in Toronto became one of North Americas fastest growing tech market, per a CBRE 2 018 North American Scoring Tech Talent report. Websites such as 604jobs.ca Ontario a Tech Giant.

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[Review] The Lean Startup

YoungUpstarts

Insufficient capital, over investment, and low sales are just some of the reasons leading to this sobering statistic. Finally, entrepreneurs should build adaptive organisations which have cultures valuing learning from mistakes while operating with discipline. In the US, about 50% of small businesses fail in the first five years.

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29 Entrepreneurs Reveal the Pivots They’re Making in Their Business as a Result of Pandemic

Hearpreneur

Some businesses have had to change structures and make operational changes to thrive and survive. After having to reduce and rethink our strategy during COVID, we observed that our community and sales have skyrocketed. Our focus has pivoted from generating sales leads to addressing our customer’s needs, questions and concerns.