Airbnb - How it started

Nathan Blecharczyk - 30 yr old Harvard graduate cofounder of Airbnb - launched in 2008 -  online accommodation portal 15m stays in 190 countries .

Idea :- Joe Gebbia, a designer , Brian Chesky leased out a room to help pay the rent - pumped up an air mattress and called it air bed and breakfast!

Joe , Brian, Nathan and a couple of developers then launched airbnb.

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'Twas Cool because it impacted so many people around the world in a positive way! 

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