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Deepasnhu Chail

Stealth • 9m

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 O's" and "Cap'n McCain's" to make ends meet. This allowed them to stay afloat until they could secure funding. Airbnb is now one of the largest accommodation platforms in the world.

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Anonymous

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🤯🔥Unique way of marketing by Airbnb 🤯 In Scotland, you can rent Shrek's house for free! On October 13th, Airbnb will offer the opportunity to book Shrek's house for one or two nights from October 27th to 29th for free. Only active Airbnb users

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Vikas Acharya

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