Show Notes

Airbnb is worth more than the world’s top three hotel chains combined, with over 150 million users spanning 200 countries. But before the company made its three founders the first-ever sharing economy billionaires, they were broke. Weathering rejections from investors and narrowly avoiding eviction. So, the trio did what any struggling entrepreneurs would do – they created President Obama-themed cereal.

Major sources for this episode include:
1) The Business Channel – “The Real Airbnb Startup Story with Nathan Blecharczyk (CTO & Co-Founder Airbnb)”
2) TODAY – “Airbnb’s Brian Chesky: I’ve Been Obsessed With ‘A Better Way To Design Communities’”
3) KV Summit –  “The AirBNB Story No One Believed by Brian Chesky“
4) How I Built This with Guy Raz – “Airbnb: Joe Gebbia”
5) Bloomberg – “The $99 Billion Idea: How Uber and Airbnb Won“
6) The Airbnb Story by Leigh Gallagher

From the creators of Under the Influence:
Writer & Host: Sidney O’Reilly
Executive Producer & Co-Host: Terry O’Reilly
Research: Allison Pinches
Director: Callie O’Reilly
Supervising Producer: Debbie O’Reilly
Engineer: Geoff Devine
Theme music: Ian Lefeuvre & Ari Posner

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