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Not plausible. Just wishful thinking. How would that even work if superhosts are not accredited investors?
by maltelandwehr 6y ago
Not plausible. Just wishful thinking. How would that even work if superhosts are not accredited investors?
- svbanker 6y agoAirbnb Host Endowment: A fund that is intended to provide support to our host community now and in the future, which we expect will be initially funded with 9.2 million shares of Airbnb stock https://www.airbnb.com/resources/hosting-homes/a/how-were-giving-hosts-a-seat-at-the-table-283 https://www.airbnb.com/resources/hosting-homes/a/how-were-gi...
- callmeed 6y agoEmployees that get and exercise stock options are not accredited investors either. Couldn't they take a similar route? I admit, I ask mostly selfishly (my wife and I are superhosts, we have managed a full-time AirBnB in CA for 2 years). But it's also an interesting thought experiment. It would be quite the contrast to how the rideshare and food delivery companies treat their non-employees.
- EdJiang 6y agoUber and Lyft did give long-term drivers “appreciation awards” which they could use to buy stock in the IPO. So not unprecedented. https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/11/uber-is-dishing-out-appreciation-awards-up-to-10000-to-let-prolific-drivers-buy-stock/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/11/uber-is-dishing-out-apprec...
- julianozen 6y agoMy understanding was that the Uber stock was a huge disaster because the value of the Uber stock imploded after drivers bought options Disclaimer: I am an Airbnb employee
- kibibyte 6y agoSquare did this for some of their merchants through Loyal3 (which appears to be dead now), so it’s plausible. Disclosure: am employee
- jypepin 6y agosome Uber drivers got RSUs so I don't see why it wouldn't be possible for Airbnb.