Airbnb originally charged guests $80 per night to sleep on an airbed
Joe Gebbia · Airbnb: Joe Gebbia · Oct 17, 2016 · at 7:15
Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia details the pricing of the initial AirBed & Breakfast experiment in San Francisco.
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“For 80 dollars a night. You could stay in San Francisco with Brian and I.”
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