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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

In contemplating various names on a plane ride coming back to Chicago from Boston, we landed in a bad rain storm with the pilot’s forecast of the storm becoming much worst and that we were very lucky to have beat the severe storm. Global – I wanted my company to have a global reach. Nowlin, Excel Global Partners ! #10-

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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

Instead, the global pandemic has turned 2020 into its most harrowing year. You become a global company. If you're in the travel business, a global pandemic is an existential threat. Brian Chesky : And also humans are not good at forecasting or creating a mental model around something that's never happened before.