Re:The Billion-Dollar Startup That Almost Never Was
by hnsmurf on Monday June 27, 2011 @04:10PM
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Interesting that it doesn't mention the craigslist spamming. I'd wager that's far more responsible than YC. As great as YC is for many things it's not a significant source of traction for most startups.
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Re:The Billion-Dollar Startup That Almost Never Was
by Timothee on Monday June 27, 2011 @04:57PM
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It's mentioned through that part: "Airbnb contracted outside sales people to generate leads". This was pretty much the response from the company to the craigslist spamming story.
To be honest, while reading that line, I thought it was slightly odd because it was pretty specific (e.g. "outside" could be removed, but it clearly distances Airbnb from said sales people) and didn't necessarily bring anything to the story, especially since Airbnb has said the efforts were "largely ineffective".
The cynic in me feels that it was included specifically to add weight to the company's response about that craigslist story.