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Airbnb Hires Jony Ive(reuters.com)
2 points by geronb 6y ago|2 comments
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by geronb 6y ago
Airbnb hires former Apple designer Jony Ive's firm for multi-year partnership
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by geronb 6y ago
Almost all BMWs from the past few years have it. We have a 2017 X5 and wireless CarPlay works very well and is very convenient.
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by geronb 6y ago
Thanks for posting this. I will relay this feedback to the relevant teams. - I want to see prices listed as total price, not price before fees which add 30%-50% on top of the listed price * The total price display is something that is being
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by geronb 6y ago
What are some amenities you aren't able to search for?
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by geronb 6y ago
The recovery is very surprising and counterintuitive so you are right to be skeptical. Here's some additional datapoints: - Similarweb traffic: VRBO traffic is above February traffic levels https://www.similarweb.com/we
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by geronb 6y ago
VRBO/HomeAway, Booking, Tripadvisor are all competitors. There are also a lot of smaller upstarts focusing on specific segments like Blueground (work trips), Lyric (upscale city accommodations), Plumguide (vetted listings).
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by geronb 6y ago
I'm not sure why people are downvoting the comment. The link I included indicates there were 1 million bookings in a single day, signaling recovery. A quick Google search shows multiple articles with more data points as well: - Similar
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by geronb 6y ago
Layoffs happened when bookings tanked when the pandemic began (February and March). The recovery happened in the later stage of the pandemic, in May and later. Nobody expected this internally or externally and it's alright if you are s
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by geronb 6y ago
What do you mean by "shady tactics to prop up positive reviews over the years"? I'm an employee and we have very strict policies around review fairness. If anything, most review-related complaints come from hosts who want to
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by geronb 6y ago
Not really. Airbnb has fully recovered, same as VRBO (which is growing about 60% YoY) and having proven that the business has been resilient even during the pandemic can be a good story for the IPO. https://www.financial-world.or
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by geronb 6y ago
Airbnb is actually doing very well right now, and is essentially fully recovered if not growing, same as the competitors like VRBO. There's been a huge surge in nearby getaway trips. https://www.financial-world.org/news
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by geronb 6y ago
I'm an employee and Airbnb is actually doing very well right now. People have been taking a lot of trips to less dense areas as nearby getaways. https://www.financial-world.org/news/news/business/6074&#x2
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by geronb 6y ago
Rents are down 10-30% in SF. I received a 10% discount on my lease renewal along with 8 weeks free.
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France to fine tech giants up to 4% of global revenue for illicit content(reuters.com)
2 points by geronb 6y ago|3 comments
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by geronb 6y ago
"A new French law compels internet giants to remove pedophile and terrorism-related content within an hour or face a fine of up to 4% of global revenue." Can France even do this? It seems crazy. The 1-hour requirement also seems u
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by geronb 6y ago
The Wikipedia number is incorrect. Actual number is ~7K with most being non-tech employees. About 1K engineers. If you break down the functions, the numbers start making sense. For example, Airbnb has a global payment processing platform, w
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by geronb 6y ago
Yes, most is non-tech
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by geronb 6y ago
Current employee here. The burn rate is ~$100M/mo, not 1B/mo, after cutting marketing and reduced CS costs due to fewer bookings. You can see this in publicly available data from the WSJ and The Information. Not sure where people
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by geronb 6y ago
Current employee here. The employee count is actually 7000, half of what you stated. Not sure where you got 14,000.
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by geronb 8y ago
Does this mean a low carb diet like keto is bad for brain aging?