Investors aren't the only ones who missed out. I'm sure a lot of potential early employees did too based on the 2008 homepage design. I know I did. Joe asked me

Investors aren't the only ones who missed out. I'm sure a lot of potential early employees did too based on the 2008 homepage design. I know I did. Joe asked me if I'd be interested in developing their iPhone app, but I rejected because I didn't see how they could take off when Couchsurfing was free. In retrospect I should have known they'd be successful no matter what they did. To this day Joe is the most passionate and charismatic person I've ever met. He was always into connecting people and building relationships. I first met him at Jelly, a coworking space he ran out of his San Francisco apartment. So great to see him achieving his mission at a large scale.