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>> My favorite anti-portfolio example is Airbnb. Michael Siebel (Y Combinator Core CEO) emailed me their deck before they joined Y Combinator and I couldn’t hel
by jondubois 9y ago
>> My favorite anti-portfolio example is Airbnb. Michael Siebel (Y Combinator Core CEO) emailed me their deck before they joined Y Combinator and I couldn’t help but think “Wow, air mattress rental? That’s a terrible idea!”
What's baffling is how people who can come up with such a silly idea can also come up with such a great idea as AirBnb. Without the immense help from YC, I'm sure they wouldn't have gone anywhere.
- seppin 9y agoRenting out your own apartments to strangers was arguably a "worse" idea than some airbed concept. The whole point is you never know, no one knows what catches until it happens.