Internet Marketing Tycoon

**cyberking12** · 07-06-2011, 11:37 PM

It seems as though Airbnb has come out of nowhere and has recently secured $100 million in funding with a $1 billion valuation. This is absolutely INSANE!!!

I have never used airbnb but I do love the concept. I watched an interview they did on Mixergy about their growth and how they took a simple idea and concept into a billion dollar company.

Here is the video:

http://mixergy.com/airbnb-chesky-gebbia/

I really wanted to share this with all of you as it is very inspirational and really shows the entrepreneurial spirit within the cofounders of the company.

I would love to hear your thoughts about some of their strategies and about their growth?

Thanks

**Alaister** · 07-18-2011, 09:49 PM

Airbnb has grown so quickly and they continue to grow. They are a great case study and that video on mixergy with Andrew Warner is very insightful.

Here is an interesting article about how Airbnb spammed craigslist to grow rapidly

http://davegooden.com/2011/05/how-ai...ollar-company/

Airbnb has admitted to have this happening by rogue salespeople - http://www.businessinsider.com/airbn...t-blame-2011-6

I wonder how true that is?

**virgosenior** · 07-19-2011, 12:45 AM

just magnificent