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Book Lounge - The Lean Startup with Brendan Kumarasamy

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Airbnb: The Story of the Valley

Airbnb is probably the story of the Valley of how a company goes from understanding lean principles at the extreme to being the success story that they are today. Brian Chesky and his co-founders, Nathan Blacarcic and Joe Gabbia were literally sitting on a mattress when they started Airbnb. They couldn't really afford their next paycheck, their next rent, because they were all designers weren't making a lot of money. And so instead of hiring this professional photographer that you would think right spend a thousand dollars, they became the photographers.

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