Airbnb founder's #1 tip: "Marry the PROBLEM"

[Tony I]

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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[MJ DeMarco]

s words: "talk to your customers. Find the pain that they are feeling. Build something to solve it."
fits right in with fastlane ideology.

You'll find that most millionaires and billionaires echo the Fastlane ideology in some form, especially when it comes to being outward focused. Zeroanaires and thousandaires parrot the opposite, an inward focus based on what feels good, a sort of mental delusion that success can be accomplished with zero pain, zero effort, and zero growth. Yup, just "do what you love" and everything will fall into place.