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Brian Chesky

Airbnb co-founder and CEO, source of the most famous rejection-letters story in startups.

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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on early rejection, customer focus & AI’s future in hospitality | E1735

Brian Chesky

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky talks with Jason Calacanis about the company's early days: living off credit cards, the cereal-box hustle, and the wave of investor rejections at a $1.5M valuation before YC and Sequoia came in. Strong sections on what rejection taught him about conviction.

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Airbnb CEO Reads Out A CRAZY Rejection Letter That An Investor Sent Him! | Brian Chesky

Brian Chesky

Brian Chesky reads an actual rejection letter Airbnb received from an investor, then unpacks what the rejections got wrong and how the founders kept going.

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