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Airbnb wants to be "Uber for Everything." It's a huge distraction. The biggest opportunity for Airbnb is in longer stays and in making its existing short-stay product better.

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! :)

Platforms that can harness the power of network effects are the ones that don't need marketing; their consumer market spreads through word of mouth. For example (Medial, WhatsApp, Airbnb, and Uber).

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

Be the Middleman in 2025: Uber made $80B - owns zero cars VISA made $35B - without any banks Spotify made $84B - no music produced Airbnb made $52B - owns zero property Distribution is the ultimate leverage in this AI Era.

Here’s a short overview of major funding agencies and their operations: 1. Sequoia Capital (USA) Invested In: Apple, Google, Airbnb, WhatsApp. Source of Funds: High-net-worth individuals, pension funds. Returns: WhatsApp investment generated $6.3

suppose I have a very new idea and it can be copied, how to raise fund against the idea from big company

Some unicorns in INDIA (examples) Food- zomato/Swiggy Clothing -Zudio/Trends Travel- Ixigo/MakeMyTrip Ride-Uber/Rapido Hotels-Oyo/Goibibo ecommerce - Flipkart/myntra/Amazon Payment-Paytm/Phonepe/Bharathpe Grocery Delivery-zepto/Instamart MY I

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