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Startups founded during great economic uncertainty: - LinkedIn (2002) - Dropbox (2007) - GitHub (2008) - Airbnb (2008) - Uber (2009) - WhatsApp (2009) - Square (2009) - Whatnot (2019) - Odeko (2019) - BeReal (2020) - ????? (2025) 😅

In 2008, Airbnb tried raising $150K at a $1.5M valuation. But a VC rejected them because “the market is too small”. Today, Airbnb is worth $80 billion. The greatest founders expand their market.

Hey, I'm kishor from Kathmandu, Nepal. I've been working on proptech, honestly, a bootleg version of AirBnb, jostel and OYO combined. Anyone working in a similar idea or industry? Would love to connect! :)

Out-of-the-Box Hustle - Clever Tricks Startups Used to Beat the Odds and Make It Big Airbnb In 2008,during the financial crisis, Airbnb was struggling to raise funds. The founders got creative and started selling novelty cereal boxes called "Obama

Business Incidents Oyo started by aggregating budget hotels on their platform, similar to Airbnb. They listed properties but didn't control the experience (think: just a listing site). Their pivot transformed them into a franchisor. Now, they partner

From a Dropout to a Billion-Dollar Empire – The OYO Story At 17, Ritesh Agarwal dropped out of college with a dream to revolutionize the hospitality industry. Facing rejections, financial struggles, and skepticism, he kept pushing forward. What sta

Hey everyone! 🎉 I'm sharing the first-ever pitch deck of Airbnb. If this post gets 10 likes and 5 comments, I'll drop the next one! Want the full PDF? Just DM me! 📩💡 Here is the information - Airbnb is one of the world's largest marketplaces for

Startup Survival Story - 1 Airbnb: Turning Rejection into Opportunity When Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk founded Airbnb, they struggled to find investors. They were rejected by more than 20 venture capitalists. To survive, they s

2008 is Back? 'Like 2008 all over again': Zerodha's Nithin Kamath fears retail exit of panic selling erupts

Zomato started as a food blog. Now it’s a public company delivering food across India. Lesson? Start small, think big, act fast. OYO didn’t start with hotels. Ritesh Agarwal launched Oravel as an Airbnb clone. The pivot to budget hotels built the em