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Brian Chesky

12/01/15

@ Greylock

We handcrafted cereal boxes and sold them for $40 each, which surprisingly generated $30,000 in revenue and funded the company.

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Blitzscaling 18: Brian Chesky on Launching Airbnb and the Challenges of Scale

@ Greylock

Blitzscaling 18: Brian Chesky on Launching Airbnb and the Challenges of Scale

12/01/15

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Brian Chesky

12/01/15

@ Greylock

At our lowest point, we realized we needed to pivot from Air Bed and Breakfast to selling breakfast cereal, creating themed cereals to generate buzz and funding.

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Danielle Morrill

02/24/15

@ Y Combinator

We had a $500 a month budget for food, which forced us to cook all our meals and be resourceful as we built the company.

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Betsy Larkin

07/30/18

@ Y Combinator

We've raised over $300,000 on Kickstarter and in the first week of sales, we generated over $30,000 in revenue, making us profitable right out of the gate.

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Loriana Sardar

04/28/25

@ EO

We currently have 20 paying customers and have generated about $200,000 in annual revenue, while raising a round of $1.5 million.

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Kevin Hale

07/26/19

@ Y Combinator

Despite only raising $118,000 throughout our company's life, we achieved returns of over 30,000% upon acquisition, highlighting the potential of lean startups.

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Adora Cheung

07/31/14

@ Y Combinator

After securing $50,000 from two investors in one day, we felt like we could finally make something happen with our business, which had previously been struggling.

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Parker Conrad

01/11/25

@ Y Combinator

After exiting Y Combinator, we achieved $200,000 in revenue within six weeks, and by the end of the year, we reached about $1 million, showcasing our rapid growth trajectory.

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Brian Donohue

11/14/18

@ Y Combinator

We raised $80,000 from friends and family to support Instapaper after it spun out, with the goal of making it a long-term sustainable business.

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Joel Spolsky

10/25/13

@ Y Combinator

We started selling Fog Bugs, our bug tracking software, and within the first few months, we were making around $5,000 a month, which was enough to sustain us.