Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

Airbnb was preparing for an IPO right when the pandemic hit, and everything changed in a matter of days. We can either try to step forward and be progressive and really try to lean forward, or we can get dragged in the future. And I made a decision not to do an equity round, because I thought it would be a down round.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

Many had started IPO’ing and we started to think about our future. Like the market, Invoca has learned the importance of pragmatic growth over “growth at all costs” because when markets shift companies that run lean always have more options than those that only have a growth agenda. Great companies get financed.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

Airbnb was preparing for an IPO right when the pandemic hit, and everything changed in a matter of days. We can either try to step forward and be progressive and really try to lean forward, or we can get dragged in the future. And I made a decision not to do an equity round, because I thought it would be a down round.

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