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Just came across an awesome interview with the co-founder of airBnb, joe Gebbia. Link below.

this story is great. the company started because people needed a hotel for a design conference and they were all booked.

He and his co-founder set up air beds in their apartment and housed 3 people.

when asked for his #1 piece of advice for entrepreneurs, it was "marry the problem."

in his words: "talk to your customers. Find the pain that they are feeling. Build something to solve it."

fits right in with fastlane ideology.



he wasn't starting a company with "get to $1000 in 1 month." he and his co-founder were dedicated to solving the problem.

Now he has a billion dollar company.
 
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