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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

I remember last year settling into the booth of a café deep in the rainforest in Costa Rica and looking up to see a placard on the table begging for a positive TripAdvisor review. Chatting with CEO and cofounder Kaufer this week, I was reminded of the fact that the company started with a very different business model in mind.