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![Working at Airbnb
Rebecca
The reason I wanted to work at
Airbnb is that — I just believed in it.
And it’s all the right things— it’s
designer founded, designer led,
and personally, I don’t believe in
working in places where your
talents are wasted. I look for people
who already get it and [Airbnb] is a
whole company that really got it.Design Researcher
@ Airbnb 2011-2014](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/airbnbstory-170912185438/75/Lessons-from-the-Past-Airbnb-30-2048.jpg)
Lessons from the Past: Airbnb
- 1. A tale of3 guys, 3 mattresses, and 2 boxes of cereal
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- 3. Two RISD Alumni JoeGebbia Brian Chesky
- 4. NY SF 2007 — Joeand Brian had recently moved to San Francisco from New York.
- 5. Problems NO ROOMS $ No moneyfor rent No place for visiting professionals to stay in SF
- 6. Round 1 —Visa Funding Binder of credit cards —$$$
- 7. Hmmm…what could wedo with this?
- 8. Solution FUN FACT: Airbnb’soriginal pitch deck can still be found here on SlideShare
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- 10. First Guests Amol wasanother designer and actually helped Joe & Brian on their presentations “Being one of the first Airbnb guests feels like being on The Tonight Show, but I didn't know I was on The Tonight Show.” — Amol •$80/Guest
- 12. Roommate Reunion Joe GebbiaBrian CheskyNathan Blecharczyk
- 13. Getting Sidetracked Airbnb Continuum Brilliantidea to make a roommate-matching service Realization that roommates.com is already a thing
- 14. First Public Launch 2bookings
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- 17. Round 2 —Cereal Funding +$30,000
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- 21. Round 3 —Y Combinator +$20,000 The startups move to Silicon Valley for 3 months, during which we work intensively with them to get the company into the best possible shape and refine their pitch to investors. Each cycle culminates in Demo Day, when the startups present their companies to a carefully selected, invite-only audience. “ ”http://www.ycombinator.com/
- 22. NY SF Making ~$200/mo, Joeand Brian fly back to New York to meet their users
- 23. Paul Graham FredWilson Y Combinator VC Investor Hmm, sounds interesting. Yeah, I’ll meet with them. Fred! You should meet these two guys from Airbeds— they’re in NYC! So what’d you think? They’re great, right!? Yeah… but I think I’ll pass on this one.
- 24. Joe and Brianlearned that having good quality photos on listings significantly improved interest in Airbnb’s service
- 25. Rebranding Shared Spaces AllsTypes of Accommodation
- 26. Round 4 –Real Money (finally) $600k
- 27. Since Then… November 2010 July2011 January 2012 August 2014February 2011 June 2012 October 2014 June 2015 November 2015 December 2015 $7.2M funding $112M funding $475M funding $1.5B funding $1.5B funding $100M private equity funding “Airbnb Law” 10M bookings 5M bookings 1M bookings
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- 29. Airbnb Company Molecule Travelers ona budget High-cost & limited hotels Adjustable- rate rentals People Problem Solution
- 30. Working at Airbnb Rebecca Thereason I wanted to work at Airbnb is that — I just believed in it. And it’s all the right things— it’s designer founded, designer led, and personally, I don’t believe in working in places where your talents are wasted. I look for people who already get it and [Airbnb] is a whole company that really got it.Design Researcher @ Airbnb 2011-2014
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