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Re:Airbnb Enters the Land of Profitability by ry4n413 on Friday January 27, 2017 @11:40AM (#13500783)
Are they public yet? (spoiler alert: I know they aren't and this is a typical marketing scheme for private companies pre-ipo. Now, long-term say 10 years will the company be able to quint-tuple in size? I don't dunno. I'm sure all the companies issuing research as part of the IPO process will say so.)
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Re:Airbnb Enters the Land of Profitability by edblarney on Friday January 27, 2017 @11:49AM (#13500847)
It's fair to be cynical in the Valley, but crossing the threshold into profitability is definitely an objectively important watershed that I don't think is hype or propaganda.

Surely it's all part of their 'IPO campaign' but that doesn't make it invalid or irrelevant information.

If they can fill their PR campaign with decent, factual 'un-hypey' information, well, then that's really good for them.

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Re:Airbnb Enters the Land of Profitability by ry4n413 on Friday January 27, 2017 @11:51AM (#13500863)
"If they can fill their PR campaign with decent, factual 'un-hypey' information, well, then that's really good for them."

Totally agree.

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