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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on early rejection, customer focus & AI’s future in hospitality | E1735

This Week in Startups

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The Importance of Constraints in Startups

In the last 10 years, we as entrepreneurs in New York probably didn't have enough constraints. Constraints means you have to say no. If somebody's not performing, you can't just hire more people. And if a product's not succeeding, you had to actually fix it or sunset it. I think that Airbnb before the pandemic probably raised too much money. In fact, I was recently had a great startup, but they didn't have D&O insurance. Our friends over at in broker are a business insurance company built specifically for startups. Try and broker today with the code twist and you'll get 10% off their startup package at in broker.com slash twist.

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