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Assertion Supported
Florida SBA Claims Credit for Reversing Airbnb's Disputed Territories Policy
“We engaged Airbnb. They have done a one 80 on the policy that they were pursuing in the disputed territories. It was announced publicly about two weeks ago.”
Ash Williams Jul 8, 2019 ▶ 1:04:24 Ash Williams – Florida SBA's Reigning Chief (Capital Allocator, EP.104)
Prediction Held up
Garg: Y Combinator companies will create $500B to $1T in value
“Like, look at Y Combinator. They were giving people 25 to 250,000 dollars, and out of that came Stripe and Airbnb. When you add up all those companies, I think they're probably going to end up creating five hundred billion to a trillion dollars of value.”
Avichal Garg Aug 4, 2022 ▶ 55:02 Avichal Garg – Programmer-Centric Crypto Investing at Electric (Manager Meetings, EP.34)
Assertion Supported
Batnick: Chris Sacca Passed on Airbnb, Snapchat, and Dropbox
“But he actually said no to three of the best potential investing opportunities. I think it was Airbnb, Snapchat, and Dropbox. It's not like they came to him. He looked at them and said, nah, no, no, no.”
Michael Batnick Oct 8, 2018 ▶ 23:44 Michael Batnick - The Best Investors and Their Biggest Mistakes (Capital Allocators, EP.71)
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