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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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Rejection - two many designers

Initially, there were concerns about having too many designers in the founding team as they were perceived as less technical and perhaps not adding significant value. However, the speaker believed that having designers was part of the secret sauce as the issue at hand was not solely a technology problem. Despite facing rejection from investors who found the idea crazy and strange, the team stood firm in their belief.

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