Airbnb's first investor. VCs will tell as standard practice: * Never invest in non warm intro. (YC app) * Big market size. (Room sharing market) * Experienced team (Not experienced in the classical sense) * Fast growing (Airbnb almost died) This is contrarian investing.https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1090608908534800384 …
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I’m curious on what other dimensions did Airbnb not look normal.
The founders were unusually intense. They were 2/3 designers. They had done the craziest stuff to make money that I'd heard of. They had worked on the company for an unusually long time with no growth. They seemed physically run down.
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Basically, they seemed the exact opposite of a couple Google engineers who had an idea for a startup but hadn't quit Google yet.
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How did you know that what they had was true grit and not delusional craziness?
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They seemed like smart, effective people.
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Paul, unusually intense in which sense? (verbally loud, pacing the room...something else)
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