Airbnb
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An Interview with Booking CEO Glenn Fogel About Travel and Aggregation
An interview with Booking CEO Glenn Fogel about being an aggregator, the power — or not — of network effects, and how AI can finally create the perfect travel agent.
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Airbnb’s New App, Experiences and Services, Chesky’s Founder Mode
Airbnb has a new app with new offerings for experience and services; I’m not sure the economics make sense for either.
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Airbnb Categories; V1, V2, and Categories; AirCover for Guests
Airbnb’s Summer 2022 Summer Release is compelling both in terms of product and also strategy.
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More on the App Store, Hard Mode Follow-Up, Airbnb’s Complicated Costs
Apple’s App Store changes are genuinely a good deal for small publishers, and make me feel more favorable about the entire business. Then, Airbnb’s costs, particularly marketing, are too hard to understand.
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Slack Issues Debt, Airbnb Issues Debt
Both Slack and Airbnb are issuing debt, but in far different circumstances, and with far different terms.
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Changing Priors, Action Plans for Big Tech, The Airbnb Disaster
The coronavirus crisis should be changing long-held beliefs. Then, what tech companies can do to get us out of this crisis, and Airbnb’s disastrous decision to not go public sooner.
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Airbnb Losses, Airbnb and The Google Squeeze, Airbnb’s Marketing Spend
Airbnb is losing money, thanks to a big increase in marketing. It matters greatly what that marketing is for.
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What Is a Tech Company?
The question of “What is a tech company” comes down to how much software and its unique characteristics affects the company’s core business.
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Airbnb Eliminates Guest Fees, Airbnb’s Initial Advantage, Airbnb’s Delay
Airbnb is eliminating fees for guests, a change that is both overdue and also additional evidence that the company has been moving too slowly to secure its Aggregator position.