Airbnb
American online platform for rental accommodations
Common Themes
Videos Mentioning Airbnb
Robert Greene: How To Seduce Anyone, Build Confidence & Become Powerful | E232
The Diary Of A CEO
Sponsorship mention; platform/service highlighted in the interview.
E173: Google buying HubSpot? FTX depositors not made whole, AI job fears, Ukraine joining NATO
All-In Podcast
A company whose CEO, Brian Chesky, foresees significant productivity gains from AI.
Ryan Hoover on Product Hunt's Acquisition and Lessons Learned About Launches with Dalton Caldwell
Y Combinator
A famous YC company often thought of in the context of consumer startups, used as a contrast to B2B and hard tech.
Balaji Srinivasan — How to Start a New Country
Tim Ferriss
Mobile application cited as an example of the utility of mobile apps, initially underestimated.
Scaling Growth | Gustaf Alstromer, YC Partner (formerly Airbnb) & Ed Baker (formerly Uber)
Y Combinator
Online marketplace for lodging and tourism, where Gustaf Alstromer worked on the growth team.
E6: Big Tech antitrust aftermath, potential effects of an M&A clampdown on Silicon Valley & more
All-In Podcast
Mentioned as a potential acquirer in an ecosystem where large tech M&A is restricted.
What Shutting Down Your Startup Feels Like - Avni Patel Thompson of Poppy with Kat Manalac
Y Combinator
Mentioned as an example of a company whose founders tried multiple ventures before achieving massive success.
Starting a Startup After Business School - Reham Fagiri and Kalam Dennis of AptDeco
Y Combinator
An inspiration for App Deco, representing the potential of the sharing economy and providing a model for user-generated marketplaces.
E141: State of Series A's, VC dry powder, IPO window opens + more with Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner
All-In Podcast
Mentioned as an example of companies from earlier days when Series A rounds were typically smaller in value.
Jessica Livingston Shares 9 Things She Learned From Founding YC
Y Combinator
A company for which Jessica Livingston wrote the first investment check around the same time a photo included in the talk was taken.
Marc Andreessen Interview (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
Mentioned as an example of a company assertively entering the real estate industry.
E163: Market rips, Media RIFs, Texas defies Biden, Fintech reckoning, ARkStorm 2.0 & more
All-In Podcast
Platform mentioned as a company whose gross market transactions were often conflated with its actual revenue, demonstrating intellectual dishonesty in reporting.
E162: Live from Davos! Milei goes viral, Adam Neumann's headwinds, streaming's broken model & more
All-In Podcast
Cited as an example of a marketplace that can add new inventory in new cities effectively, demonstrating network effects.
A Conversation with Elad Gil
Y Combinator
A hospitality company cited as an example of a startup whose market size was underestimated, growing from a small team to a large institution.
Fundraising Fundamentals By Geoff Ralston
Y Combinator
Cited as an example of a company that attracted the best investors early on, before they had significant traction.
E160: 2024 Predictions! Markets, tech, politics, and more
All-In Podcast
Mentioned as a small luxury consumers might turn to during austerity.
Relentless Focus, Full-Contact Entrepreneurship, Epigenetic Reprogramming, and More
Tim Ferriss
Company where Brian Armstrong worked as a software engineer focusing on fraud prevention before founding Coinbase. Also mentioned as a company whose founders went through Y Combinator.
Tim Urban: Elon Musk, Neuralink, AI, Aliens, and the Future of Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #264
Lex Fridman
An online marketplace for lodging, cited as an example of a successful company whose founders trusted their reasoning from first principles despite initial rejection from VCs.
PR + Content for Growth by Kat Mañalac and Craig Cannon
Y Combinator
A company mentioned as an example of using city guides for SEO and content marketing to attract users.
Gustaf Alstromer - How to Get Users and Grow
Y Combinator
Company where the speaker previously worked and built the growth team, used as a primary example throughout the talk.
A Conversation with Ooshma Garg - Moderated by Adora Cheung
Y Combinator
Mentioned as an example of a successful peer-to-peer economy startup during the time Gobble was exploring marketplace models.
Peter Reinhardt on Finding Product Market Fit at Segment
Y Combinator
A company whose long, iterative path to product market fit inspired Segment, though they advise caution against exactly replicating it.
Jessica Livingston at Startup School 2012
Y Combinator
A company that offers short-term homestays and experiences. Its early struggles and initial concept renting out airbeds are discussed.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Interview | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
A company co-founded by Joe Gebbia.