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Airbnb's Joe Gebbia At The HIBT Summit

How I Built This with Guy Raz

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Airbnb - Why They Never Give Up

10 years ago, no one in the world could have imagined that people would be sleeping at the homes of random strangers. Joe and his co-founders went through major changes and pivots before they hit on the idea for Airbnb. They emailed 20 investors, 10 replied, 5 agree to have coffee with them, none invested. "I'm not surprised that at the time people are telling you this is a stupid idea and it's not going to work," he says.

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