Airbnb Origin Story

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Question 1

In which city did Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia live when they first rented out air mattresses in their apartment in October 2007?

Question 2

What breakfast item and hospitality service did Chesky and Gebbia promise alongside an air mattress to their initial conference guests?

Question 3

Who joined Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia as the technical co-founder and Chief Technology Officer to program the website architecture?

Question 4

What novelty political breakfast cereal boxes did the founders design and sell during the 2008 Democratic National Convention to fund the startup?

Question 5

Which Y Combinator co-founder initially rejected Airbnb before famously admitting that if they could sell $40 cereal boxes, they could survive?

Question 6

What unscalable, hands-on action did Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia take in New York City in 2009 that doubled their weekly revenues?

Question 7

Which venture capital firm led Airbnb's pivotal $600,000 seed financing round in April 2009 after Demo Day?

Question 8

What feature did Airbnb launch in 2011 to protect hosts with $1 million in property damage coverage following a high-profile vandalism incident?

Question 9

What technical growth hack did Airbnb engineer in its early years to cross-post listing advertisements automatically to which classifieds site?

Question 10

In which landmark year did Airbnb complete its initial public offering on the Nasdaq during the COVID-19 pandemic under ticker ABNB?

In which city did Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia live when they first rented out air mattresses in their apartment in October 2007?