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AirBnb's founders selling cereal boxes is an oft-cited example of "bootstrapping." This is the same as "consulting". Do whatever you can to survive: ie. bootst
by pcmaffey 11y ago
AirBnb's founders selling cereal boxes is an oft-cited example of "bootstrapping." This is the same as "consulting".
Do whatever you can to survive: ie. bootstrapping.
- tedmiston 11y agoBest part of that story: > In the end, the pair remarkably sold more than $30,000 worth of themed cereal, nearly pulling themselves entirely out of debt. Chesky had to convince his mom at the time that he was still in the short-term rental business, and not running a cereal startup. Full read - https://pando.com/2013/01/10/brian-chesky-i-lived-on-capn-mccains-and-obama-os-got-airbnb-out-of-debt/ https://pando.com/2013/01/10/brian-chesky-i-lived-on-capn-mc...