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"The theme of Brian's talk was that the conventional wisdom about how to run larger companies is mistaken. As Airbnb grew, well-meaning people advised him that he had to run the company in a certain way for it to scale."

I looked up this company Airbnb. I always used VRBO, which predates Airbnb by over a decade. I booked entire houses months in advance for extended stays.

According to this blog post Airbnb grew. But the stock is down over 8% even after the latest market rally. What's going on.

The question I have is what Airbnb grew into. The company has been around for a while. I let Big Tech show me the latest news. I did not ask for negative news, just any news.

Below is what I got. I must be missing why this Airbnb CEO is doing a good job and is worth listening to in spite the company's name appearing in all of this bad press.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevj77rdp89o

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article291610590.html

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/vrbo-nick-saban-ad-trolling-2...

https://www.kake.com/home/city-of-wichita-looking-to-add-law...

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/08/26/man-shot...

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2024/...

https://globalnews.ca/news/10723835/airbnb-hidden-camera-san...

https://www.businessinsider.com/restoration-train-car-airbnb...

https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/love-humor/airbnb-moun...

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/jail-sentence-sought-for...

https://www.wxxv25.com/four-arrested-after-shooting-at-gulfp...

https://nypost.com/2024/08/20/lifestyle/i-stayed-in-a-1-a-ni...

https://buffalonews.com/news/local/business/gov-kathy-hochul...

https://www.summitdaily.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-fri...

It goes on. The reply will likely be "The reason is ... and this has nothing to do with Airbnb. Airbnb is doing fine. I love Airbnb. And so on." This is a forum sponsored by the Silicon Valley VC firm that financed Airbnb so I expect HN commenters will defend the company's actions or inaction.



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