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Here is the email that started Airbnb. Shown onstage at #TED #TED2016 pic.twitter.com/A2ZF9Epcxj
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"We couldn't wrap our heads around air mattresses on the living room floors as the next hotel room and did not chase the deal. Others saw the amazing team that we saw, funded them, and the rest is history," Wilson wrote.
There has been some progress, though, of cities legalizing Airbnb entirely. To the company, even having the discussion with cities is meaningful, because it means they're willing to examine old laws in the face of change.
A new report from Goldman Sachs shows that Airbnb users who try the service once are less likely to prefer hotels for their next vacation. And instead of lacking investor report, the company that once subsisted on leftover cereal boxes and was turned down plenty of times closed a $1.5 billion round of funding in 2015. The company that started with three air mattresses and broke roommates is now worth more than $25 billion.
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