I'm not sure how many people realize this, but Airbnb would not exist without @mwseibel. The company would have died without YC, and they wouldn't have applied to YC if Michael hadn't told them to.
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How do you know they would have died without YC? Serious question.
Because they told us so. After a year of working on the company with no growth, they decided they'd give it one last shot during YC, and then if it still wasn't working, they could give up.
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OK, thanks. That makes sense, but it doesn't mean we might not have had another company just as successful in essentially this space; it just wouldn't have been these people.
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Yes, there would have been some other company, but it's unlikely to have been quite as good. The match between the founders and the idea in this one is exceptional, and has a lot to do with Airbnb's unique character.
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