How AirBnB Became a Billion Dollar Company
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How AirBnB Became a Billion Dollar Company
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Re: How AirBnB Became a Billion Dollar Company
#2Good research. I don't think this is anything new. I'm familiar with a few YC companies that use CL as a method to get their supply (in this case vacation rentals).
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#3Good read, although, I wouldn't necessarily consider advertising your services to people already listing vacation rentals as "blackhat".
Blackhat insinuates that someone is being gamed, in this case, both the home owners and AirBnB are benefiting (maybe craigslist is losing out?).
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#4Does the new "illegal hotels" law have any effect on AirBnB?
http://www.betabeat.com/2011/05/31/airbnb-takes-manhattan-wi...
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#5"It is a story of pure unadulterated hustle. And I love it." - Fred Wilson talking about the AirBNB team's Obama cereal hustle.
I'd like to borrow his words in regard to this post.
Fred's original post - http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2011/03/airbnb.html
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#6I love this. Being scrappy is one of the best qualities among entrepreneurs. The attitude of "do anything" to succeed usually results in success not to mention it is one of the characteristics that PG looks for in founders.
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#7When someone says "Craigslist spam!", is the first you think of a) spam posted to craigslist as listings, or b) emails advertising something (surreptitiously) to people that have listed their property on craigslist?
Not that the latter isn't "spam" of a sort, but it doesn't feel quite like "craigslist spam".
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#8Good read, although, I wouldn't necessarily consider advertising your services to people already listing vacation rentals as "blackhat". Blackhat insinuates that someone is being gamed, in this case, both the home owners and AirBnB are benefiting (maybe craigslist is losing out?).
I think it counts as "blackhat", but I'm not really outraged. To me, its equivalent to cruising the singles section of Craigslist and responding as a sock puppet recommending a particular dating site. Not a huge deal, but its not 100% above board either.
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#9Blackhat or not, this is a great example of how there are very viable alternatives to SEO in terms of internet marketing. The ever changing rules and laws of search engines unfortunately make or break a vast majority of online businesses.
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#10just wondering what s/w do you use for mass mailing and craiglist email harvesting? without getting sandboxed / blacklisted ...