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

View from Seed

One of the most highly anticipated startup IPOs of recent years, we now get a peek inside Airbnb’s business. So even before you get to product development (20% of revenue) or G&A (14% in 2019), you’re already looking at a narrower potential margin than you might expect from a marketplace or transaction platform.

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NextView’s Greatest Hits

View from Seed

So, we decided to aggregate NextView’s “greatest hits.” ” Below are our favorite pieces from the past few years, divided in to a few key categories: fundraising, company building, product development, industry trends, and the life of a VC. Why Do Consumer IPOs and B2B IPOs Get Treated Differently?

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Assessing fit with the Wisdom of Crowds

Startup Lessons Learned

In order to get optimal results from a group-based effort, you need three things: diversity, Independence , and an objective method for aggregating results. Similar mechanisms are at work in the stock market, Google PageRank , and guessing an oxs weight at the state fair. Aggregate results carefully. Not all crowds are wise.

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Startup Resources

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