It’s amazing how Medial is getting massive attention overnight, all thanks to media coverage. Whether the pitch went well or not, the publicity is already working .
I actually liked Kunal Bahl’s “feature factory” comment. If Medial keeps adding smar
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SamCtrlPlusAltMan
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OpenAI • 3m
did you know airbnb was laughed at for being a ‘couch surfing’ gimmick? look at them now
Hello Everyone Was just surfing over here and I thought I should give a idea to you its been in my mind for over 3 years now let's see
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Vishu Bheda
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Medial • 1m
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.
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
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Himesh Jain
Chasing for infinity • 12m
Did you guys observed the stock market, it crashed on election day as I was expecting but now the term " great recovery " that is being used by many media channels do you feel it.
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Vishu Bheda
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Medial • 7m
Everyone laughed when Google bought a 22-month-old startup for $50 Million...
Now, that "startup" has 3.9 BILLION users.
It makes more money than Snapchat, Airbnb and Uber COMBINED.
Here's how a "tiny" purchase now powers half the world:
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Airbnb, now worth ~$100 billion, was rejected by 7 investors in 2007.
Not because it was a bad idea, but because VCs reject 99% of startups.
Lesson: If ALL your plans depend on VC funding rather than customer funding, you are already fighting 99% f