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David Rosenthal: belief

11 Dec 2020 Acquired Airbnb

“I think every time I've gone, I've done an Airbnb. I've never stayed in a hotel for South By.”

— David Rosenthal

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Speaker
David Rosenthal
Attribution
Verified speaker
Claim type
belief
Recorded
11 Dec 2020
Publisher
Acquired
Episode
Airbnb

Transcript context

…In fact, I think the first time I went in 2010, I couldn’t get a hotel room and I booked an Airbnb. I think every time I've gone, I've done an Airbnb. I've never stayed in a hotel for South By. Okay, great. This is where we’re going to launch. It's going to be big. They go on Craigslist. Who’s hosting rooms and who's in the looking section looking for rooms? They start pitching everybody on using airbedandbreakfast.com. They get a huge success. They get two actual bookings, one more than one for the festival. 100% growth rate over their previous attempts.…

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