"Again, this is a get-rich-slowly scheme: the business generates enough money to house and feed its three founders, who live together in an apartment that doubl

"Again, this is a get-rich-slowly scheme: the business generates enough money to house and feed its three founders, who live together in an apartment that doubles as their workplace." That part is a bit misleading. Airbnb happened to cross over into profitability about the time the article was written, but the graph is quite steep.