Chesky: Airbnb raised $20K-$30K selling novelty cereal boxes in 2008
Brian Chesky · How I Built Resilience: Brian Chesky of Airbnb · Aug 13, 2020 · at 8:38
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky reflects on early startup funding struggles before the company gained venture backing.
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“Yeah, like 20 or 30,000. It was yeah, something like that. Joe told the story. We had to raise collectible breakfast cereal. We were air, bed, and breakfast. So we said, well, let's do collectible breakfast cereal for the Democratic-Republican National Conventions in 2008. Joe and I, we made these Obama-Os, they were Cheerios, and Captain McCain's, a maverick in every bite.”
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