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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

The company had a wild year, from the initial crisis management that came in the form of restructuring the company and refunding millions of dollars off their own balance sheet, to lobbying Congress, to provide support to hosts, [and] launching initiatives to provide housing for frontline healthcare workers.

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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

20:32) On believing in the internet as an immune system, then learning it's not and taking responsibility.(22:55) At the time it was called the green movement. No longer even in the era of internet, a product customers actually liked. And this was mid '90s internet kind of philosophy. 37:30) Compassion in layoffs. (39:37)

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

The company had a wild year, from the initial crisis management that came in the form of restructuring the company and refunding millions of dollars off their own balance sheet, to lobbying Congress, to provide support to hosts, [and] launching initiatives to provide housing for frontline healthcare workers.

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The Software Product Myth

Software By Rob

What you find is that ongoing development, as with any legacy system, is much slower than green field development. It’s a recurring revenue stream that can grow far beyond what you would make as a consultant, all the while creating balance sheet value meaning one day you can sell it for stacks of proverbial cash and retire.