The Dark Truth About Airbnb

💡To get started with Brilliant for FREE, visit The INSANE Story of Airbnb - By MagnatesMedia... Airbnb should never have worked. The CEO (Brian Chesky) knew nothing about business. The idea of Airbnb had basically been done before, and Airbnb was actually illegal in many cities. Even Airbnb’s founders didn’t think it would work! And yet, despite everything, Airbnb has become a billion dollar company, and one of the greatest business success stories of the digital age. They’re the largest accommodation provider in the world, yet they don’t own any real estate. So… how did they do it? Welcome to the INSANE story of Airbnb! The story of Airbnb is slightly ridiculous - it started with Airbnb’s founders renting out an air mattress in their apartment to make money, and then making cereal (Obama O’s and Cap’n McCain’s) to get out of credit card debt. The history of Airbnb is full of controversy, twists, and useful business lessons for entrepreneurs. And it all began when Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia were on the verge of getting evicted from their apartment. Rent was due, and they were broke. Their unfortunate circumstances would lead them to creating Airbnb, one of the fastest growing businesses. But as well as looking at the INSANE Story of Airbnb, we’ll also look at Airbnb’s scandals, Airbnb vs governments, how Airbnb broke the law, how Airbnb dealt with the pandemic, and whether Airbnb is ever actually going to be profitable... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WHAT IS MAGNATESMEDIA? 🎥 Unique, high-quality “documentary-style“ videos & courses ⭐ Topics include business, money, marketing, success & more 🤵 Written, voiced & produced by John Frazer (Creator of MagnatesMedia) 🔔 Subscribe & Turn on all notifications to see our new documentaries! How To Be A Legend: Step 1. Subscribe to MagnatesMedia and turn on ALL Notifications. Step 2. That’s it. You’re a certified legend. Thanks for your support! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 🤑 My Exact Blueprint For Making A Full-Time Income From YouTube: 🎨 Editing Software I use: 🎵 Music I use: use code JOHN02 for 20% off! (free trial) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ⌛ Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:30 Chapter 1: Unemployed 05:41 Chapter 2: Cereal 10:49 Chapter 3: Momentum 14:44 Chapter 4: Crisis 17:34 Chapter 5: Illegal 21:16 Chapter 6: Pandemic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MORE BUSINESS MINI MOVIES FROM MAGNATESMEDIA: 🟤 The INSANE Story of WhatsApp: ⚪ The INSANE Truth About TikTok: 🟣 The REAL Reason Yahoo! Lost Everything: 🟢 How Starbucks Made Billions From a Stolen Idea: ⚫ The Illegal Rise of Uber: 🔵 The 3 Betrayals That Created Twitter: 🔴 How Coke Made Billions From Sugar Water: 🟡The Unicorn Hunter: Masayoshi Son: 🟠 The Theranos Scam: Blood, Lies & Secrets: 🟫 The Epic Tale of eBay & The E-Commerce War: 🟨 Snapchat: The Ghost That Haunts Zuckerberg 🟦 Samsung: Grocery Store to Unstoppable Empire: 🟪 The Untold Truth of Instagram: 🟩 The Illegal Rise of Spotify: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DISCLAIMER: I’m not a financial advisor. I may receive a commission on affiliate links used. All content used within the parameters of fair use. Please view our About page to contact us. Paid sponsorship enquiries: support@ Thank you for watching this video on Airbnb’s story. I have plenty more business mini-movies like this on my channel if you want more crazy business stories. :) PS. Wanna make videos like this & have me help with your channel? Check out my YouTube course for entrepreneurs: