If they had listened to most of the investors or most of the founders at the time, Airbnb wouldn't exist. "I remember the Coinbase YC application really well in the whole historical context," says co-founder Brian Chesky. He was around back then and he was trying to buy Bitcoin back then too. 'It just seemed too much like a total scam' said Chesky.
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel talk about where the ideas for Airbnb, Coinbase, and Stripe came from. Then they discuss what you can learn from these founders.
To create Rookies Mistakes we asked YC founders: Is there a simple fact you wish you knew when you started your company or a rookie mistake you wish you could take back?
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