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Suneel Mekala
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"๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ป๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ-๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ดโ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป" In 2008, Airbnb was failing. They had: โ $๐ฌ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ โ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ-๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ โ ๐ก๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ณ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต Their last hope? ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ด ๐จ.๐ฆ. ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. They ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ โ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ & ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐โ and sold ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ & ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป-๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐ to make cash. It worked. They raised $๐ฏ๐ฌ๐โjust enough to keep the lights on. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ-๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ: They ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ and focused on ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ: ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐. By ๐๐๐๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ต๐ and ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐-๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐, they made Airbnb ๐ฎ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐? โ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ โ ๐ฌ๐ ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ 20K โโ (๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ) โ โโ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ: 100B+ valuation ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐: 1. ๐ฃ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ โ If your original idea isnโt working, find a new angle fast. 2. ๐๐๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ โ No funding? Get creative. (Selling cereal saved Airbnb.) 3. ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ > ๐จ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ โ People donโt just buy a โcheap stay.โ They buy a story, a vibe, an experience. ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐: Airbnbโs near-death moment ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฝ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐๐ฟ๐ฒโ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ถ๐.
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