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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 10 Dec 2020

    If you want to understand Airbnb, it helps to understand its history: a discovery, followed by a year of grinding persistence, followed by explosive growth when they finally got everything right.https://blog.ycombinator.com/the-airbnbs 

    9:59 AM - 10 Dec 2020
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      1. nikhil indupuru‏ @nkh1l 10 Dec 2020
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        thank you for penning it down 🙏

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      2. carlivar‏ @carlivar 10 Dec 2020
        Replying to @paulg

        They should have done a direct listing. I don't understand why companies are satisfied selling shares to elites at $68 when the market turns around double that valuation in a second.

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      3. TheNiyi 🇳🇬‏ @theniyi 10 Dec 2020
        Replying to @carlivar @paulg

        Apparently different risks are involved. Elites don't get to tell tales of lost $$.

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      1. Jason Hsu, Ruby on Racetracks‏ @jhsu802701 10 Dec 2020
        Replying to @paulg

        It goes to show you that you shouldn't nix an idea just because one person disapproves. I would have advised against Airbnb, and I still think hotels are better, but I don't speak for everyone else.

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      2. Nathan ‘Midnight Leader’ Harris‏ @NathanIHarris 10 Dec 2020
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        and they Came up with "unpermitted untaxed Hotels" without a continental breakfast or maid service

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      3. Nathan ‘Midnight Leader’ Harris‏ @NathanIHarris 10 Dec 2020
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        through a third party

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      2. Yurii Filipchuk‏ @yfilipch 10 Dec 2020
        Replying to @paulg

        Why would people let strangers live in their houses?

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      3. Nathan ‘Midnight Leader’ Harris‏ @NathanIHarris 10 Dec 2020
        Replying to @yfilipch

        many of the listers own multiple listings and never actually live in their listing. They are running a hotel industry in Residential permitted housing purchased through debt financing

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      1. Gary  🇨🇦‏ @akidesir 10 Dec 2020
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        Buy?

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      1. Douglas Yarrington  ⛩ 🏹‏ @yarri 10 Dec 2020
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        Nice insight. Thanks for sharing. Who was that Smoothie Guy?

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