How to Find on Demand Developers for Your Startup

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We had a really nice carpet that got trashed and I was like, yeah, carpets replaced. But now this was many years after that. We had it happen. I had an extra, I had moved houses. We still had a house, my wife put it into the Airbnb pool. Hey, no parties, no parties. You know, it goes on for a year, no problems. And then one night, the drop cam starts going off at that in the driveway, got a bunch of people there and somebody threw a party after they had said they weren't. It's hard to find engineers. There's a lot of competition and hey, you're trying to keep your

Joe Gebbia joins Jason to discuss the early days of Airbnb, gaining traction, persevering through the “no’s,” and functional design. (2:09) They also discuss gaining customer trust and Airbnb’s incredible COVID turnaround. (21:17) Joe wraps the show by breaking down his new venture, Samara. (45:05)

(0:00) Jason kicks off the show

(2:09) Airbnb’s first sign of traction

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(10:04) Persevering through the “no’s,” and functional design

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(21:17) Gaining customer trust

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(32:17) Airbnb’s incredible COVID turnaround

(45:05) Joe’s new startup Samara

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