Liz Gannes

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Airbnb Grew a Ton in 2012

Airbnb is releasing some 2012 milestones this morning. The peer-to-peer accommodation site has helped host four million total guests, up from one million at the end of 2011. Also, the service grew to 300,000 listings from 120,000 the prior year. So, how much money did Airbnb make in 2012? It’s not saying.


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The best and brightest are usually put to work on optimisation. … They will then go forward and solve the inefficiencies, and that’s where 99% of most energy is spent on. But, at some point you run out of room to improve things, and that’s when you have to step aside and ask, can we make it different?

— Horace Dediu, in a podcast interview with William Channer