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b'Coming up on this week\\u2019s episode, I\\u2019m going to explore a story of an opportunity that looked terrible on paper. But which, in the end, turned out to be an opportunity that made three twenty-something kids with a terrible idea, billionaires.

That terrible idea? Airbnb. And don\\u2019t just take my word for it that it was \\u2013 at least initially \\u2013 a terrible idea. Airbnb Co-Founder, Brian Chesky has, himself, said: \'A number of people have said that Airbnb is the worst idea\\u2026 that ever worked\'.

In today\\u2019s episode, I\\u2019ll take you through the startup story of Airbnb. How founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia turned opportunity into a fledgling business model. How the three stayed resilient as their little idea that could, almost didn\\u2019t. And I\\u2019ll explore why sometimes, taking on risk is less about being certain that you\\u2019re mitigated the unknown, as much as it is taking an exhilarating, life changing leap of faith into the unknown.

The Risktory Podcast is created, written, produced and hosted by Jacinthe A Galpin.

Soundtrack (sourced from www.freemusicarchive.org)
Alan Spiljak \\u2013 Clouds
Alan Spiljak \\u2013 Forgotten
Alan Spiljak \\u2013 Light blue
Alan Spiljak \\u2013 Empty days
Alan Spiljak \\u2013 Stars above
Alan Spiljak \\u2013 Not the end
Alan Spiljak \\u2013 Sun
Alan Spiljak \\u2013 Flying away
Alan Spiljak \\u2013 Time
Alan Spiljak \\u2013 Fantasy in my mind

Bibliography
https://www.boldbusiness.com/society/airbnb-startup-story/
https://getpaidforyourpad.com/blog/the-airbnb-founder-story/
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-airbnb-was-founded-a-visual-history-2016-2#thats-when-the-company-hit-the-accelerator-on-growth-and-learned-a-bunch-about-their-business-chesky-famously-lived-exclusively-in-airbnbs-for-a-few-months-in-2010-when-their-employees-crowded-out-the-bedroom-space-left-in-their-apartment-18
http://www.paulgraham.com/airbnb.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Gebbia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Chesky
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Blecharczyk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbnb#History

Equipment I use
*RODE NT USB Bundle Pack (mic, tripod and boom arm included) - https://amzn.to/37OZI6T
*Adobe Audition - https://amzn.to/2OjXchn

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