How three guys went from renting out mattresses to $10 Billion Airbnb

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Published on Mar 05, 2015 by Remy Middelhoff

Three guys came with a smart idea to help them pay the monthly rent in San Francisco when there was a big tech conference. By renting out Air mattresses to people they earned some extra money and quickly realized that they could turn this into a profitable business model if they scaled this around the world. This idea is now the well-known and very popular service AirBNB.

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