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"๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—”๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ป๐—ฏ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ-๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿดโ€”๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป" In 2008, Airbnb was failing. They had: โ†’ $๐Ÿฌ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ โ†’ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฑ-๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ โ†’ ๐—ก๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต Their last hope? ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿด ๐—จ.๐—ฆ. ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. They ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ โ€œ๐—”๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฑ & ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜โ€ and sold ๐—ข๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ & ๐— ๐—ฐ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป-๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐˜€ to make cash. It worked. They raised $๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐—žโ€”just enough to keep the lights on. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ-๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: They ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ and focused on ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ: ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€. By ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜† and ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†-๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€, they made Airbnb ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜? โ†’ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐˜€ โ†’ ๐—ฌ๐—– ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ 20K โˆ—โˆ— (๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ) โ†’ โˆ—โˆ— ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ: 100B+ valuation ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€: 1. ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฒ โ†’ If your original idea isnโ€™t working, find a new angle fast. 2. ๐—›๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† โ†’ No funding? Get creative. (Selling cereal saved Airbnb.) 3. ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ > ๐—จ๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† โ†’ People donโ€™t just buy a โ€œcheap stay.โ€ They buy a story, a vibe, an experience. ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜: Airbnbโ€™s near-death moment ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€”๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜.

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