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In 2008, Airbnb tried raising $150K at a $1.5M valuation. But a VC rejected them because โ€œthe market is too smallโ€. Today, Airbnb is worth $80 billion. The greatest founders expand their market.

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Everyone loves to dunk on VCs with the benefit of hindsight, but in 2008 the idea of strangers sleeping on your couch during a recession was insane. The TAM did look small, because they created the category itself. Thatโ€™s not a bad VC call, thatโ€™s just founders doing the impossible.

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