Airbnb

Companiesmarketplaces

Short-term rental marketplace whose founding story and city-by-city regulatory conflict are covered by a small but solid literature.

4 books · 1 people behind it

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  1. The Airbnb StoryLeigh Gallagher, 2017
  2. The UpstartsBrad Stone, 2017
  3. What's Yours Is Mine: Against the Sharing EconomyTom Slee, 2015

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Books 4

The Airbnb Story
T2 The Airbnb Story
Leigh Gallagher · 2017 · The standard company history, with founder access.
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Brian CheskyReid HoffmanTony Hsieh
The Upstarts
T2 The Upstarts
Brad Stone · 2017 · Airbnb's founding told alongside Uber's; strong on the early years.
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Sean Ellis
What's Yours Is Mine: Against the Sharing Ec
T3 What's Yours Is Mine: Against the Sharing Economy
Tom Slee · 2015 · The critical case: platform power, housing supply and regulatory arbitrage.
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The Sharing Economy: The End of Employment a
T3 The Sharing Economy: The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-Based Capitalism
Arun Sundararajan · 2016 · Economics of trust and matching that make marketplaces like Airbnb work.
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