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Every night, the World's largest
accommodation service hosts
425,000 people — 155,000,000
room/nights in 2014 — and yet
doesn't own a single property,
or even a server.
It's valued at US$10 billion.
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Every day, 1 million people in
250 cities, across 50 countries
agree to share a ride
with any of 160,000 strangers.
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That business is now worth
US$40bn — more than the COMBINED
value of Delta, American and United
Continental airlines
Drivers earned US$650 million in Q4, 2014.
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Every week, 300 million users
make an average of 1 purchase
from US$270 billion worth of
stock, buying 12.7 billion items
for a sales total of US$8.5 billion.
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Last year,
more than 3.3 million people
invested US$529 million of their
own money (~$1,000/minute),
bringing the dreams of 22,252
others to market.
18,896 Kiwis invested $2.95 million