Airbnb's Real Business Was Never Lodging audio documentary cover
Business 23 min

Airbnb's Real Business Was Never Lodging

A company nearly died three times, always from the same wound.

Across three near-collapses, Airbnb's survival hinged on something most observers missed: the company's actual product was trust between strangers, and every crisis was that product breaking. What looks like a survival story is really a product-discovery story in survival's clothing.

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