How Airbnb.com actually does things that don't scale and succeed with a scale

Posted by grantgrant on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @03:03AM
from the guotime.com dept.

http://www.guotime.com/2011/06/how-airbnb-com-actually-does-things-that-dont-scale-and-succeed-with-a-scale/

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Re:How Airbnb.com actually does things that don't scale and ... by benswieskowski on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @04:46AM (#2708795)

If Andrew Warner told the world that Airbnb does things that don’t scale, and succeed with a big scale (have you heard of their $1billion valuation?), I, just one individual airbnb user, had a full taste of how they actually execute on that idea (don’t scale) and make the process look so easy.

This sentence makes my head hurt. I don't understand how they do things that don't scale. Seems perfectly scalable to me.

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