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Sean Mitchell

05/04/18

@ Y Combinator

During our time at Y Combinator, we pivoted to focus on eliminating the risk of vacancy for landlords, offering them a compelling solution.

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Helping Landlords Find Tenants – Sean Mitchell of Rezi

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Helping Landlords Find Tenants – Sean Mitchell of Rezi

05/04/18

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Sean Mitchell

05/04/18

@ Y Combinator

We realized that instead of just improving tenant screening, we could provide landlords with a guarantee that their units would never be vacant again.

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Brian Chesky

06/02/24

@ The Social Radars Podcast

After struggling for a year to get the Airbnb marketplace going, we decided to apply to Y Combinator in the fall of 2008 as a last-ditch effort.

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Keith Schacht

11/27/17

@ Y Combinator

When we decided to join Y Combinator, we were already profitable and saw it as an opportunity to scale our team and improve our fundraising efforts.

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Ben Silbermann

10/25/13

@ Y Combinator

We made significant operational improvements by relocating our offices to a new building, sharing it with another Y Combinator startup, which reduced our costs.

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Tony Xu

03/26/25

@ Y Combinator

During our time at Y Combinator, we focused on understanding whether consumers would pay for delivery services and if restaurants would be willing to partner with us.

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Sean Mitchell

05/04/18

@ Y Combinator

Our first product, Upfront, guarantees landlords will lease their vacant apartments and allows tenants to lease from us in under 10 minutes.

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Brian Chesky

12/01/15

@ Greylock

After our initial launch, we didn't see immediate success and even explored creating a roommate matching website before pivoting back to Airbnb.

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Sean Mitchell

05/04/18

@ Y Combinator

In our early days, we operated a cold-calling strategy, reaching out to landlords directly to understand their needs and offer our services.

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Tikhon Bernstam

09/09/17

@ Y Combinator

After Y Combinator, we struggled financially for about a year, living off savings and working out of a friend's living room, which was made possible by the generosity of his parents.