Taking Great Photos of Your Place for Free

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Craigslist co-founder Joe Schmitz: "The photos of the listings in New York were trash" In 2009, if you displayed a room on a website, it was probably going to be Craigslist and Craigslist. Image quality was terrible; that's what people thought they could do on our website. He says he took photography classes at RISD but didn't know how to take good pictures. The company saw revenue drop from $200 per week to just $200 after this moment.

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

(9:05) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist

(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

Check out: https://www.samara.com/backyard

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