Welcome back for another episode of Nick’s Non-fiction with your host Nick Muniz!

In The Airbnb Story, Leigh Gallagher details the unlikely story of two lax bros fresh out of RISD knocking on heavens door for angel investors. With the simple concept of classing up websites like Craigslist and Couch-surfing, Gebbia and Chesky corralled a $100B evaluation within twelve years now employing over 6,000 people. These two entrepreneurial mates raised a baby together detailing every step of its spree into adulthood. Hiring their first engineer was like designing the DNA for the company as the two aim to be a tier one tech company like Apple. After surviving the staggering infant mortality rate of small business they were onto the investors launchpad then shot into the stratosphere. Airbnb declared victory in its firefight of publicity when Obama showered them with compliments to a Cuban business relations committee. Even with black Jesus’s blessing, the onslaught of civic attacks continue as lawmakers create “minimum conference room” laws for hotels to extort higher margins from the company. So ya like bureaucratic overreach? Leigh drops some insider info on Airbnb’s mandatory CIA partnership with former director George Tenet to monitor cultural influence. Order more towels, soak in the tub and enjoy the pursuit of two men who wont take no for an answer in a game rigged against them from the start.

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00:30 Introduction

03:20 About the Author

05:10 Ch1: The Hustle

13:10 Ch2: Building a Company

19:30 Ch3: Airbnb Nation

24:20 Ch4: The Bad & The Ugly

32:30 Ch5: SwampBnb

40:10 Ch6: Hospitality Disrupted

44:50 Ch7: Learning to Lead

49:15 Ch8 What’s Next?

57:10 Next Time & Goodbye

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