Brian Chesky

800 boxes of Obama O's a day. So I basically got a media list. Media lists are, I don't know if they still have them, but you can basically get the addresses of all the reporters, the mailing address. And we got a hundred boxes. We mailed them to these reporters. They had opened the boxes. They were like, what is this?

800 boxes of Obama O's a day. So I basically got a media list. Media lists are, I don't know if they still have them, but you can basically get the addresses of all the reporters, the mailing address. And we got a hundred boxes. We mailed them to these reporters. They had opened the boxes. They were like, what is this?

They put them on their desk in the newsroom and then it spread all over the news. And that's how we funded the company. It's a joke. We were like serial entrepreneurs.

They put them on their desk in the newsroom and then it spread all over the news. And that's how we funded the company. It's a joke. We were like serial entrepreneurs.

They put them on their desk in the newsroom and then it spread all over the news. And that's how we funded the company. It's a joke. We were like serial entrepreneurs.

To fund the company.

To fund the company.

To fund the company.

Where true artistic integrity mattered to me. So we actually had the exact cereal that was photographed on the box inside. Inside.

Where true artistic integrity mattered to me. So we actually had the exact cereal that was photographed on the box inside. Inside.

Where true artistic integrity mattered to me. So we actually had the exact cereal that was photographed on the box inside. Inside.

Wow. Wow. So it only took $35,000.

Wow. Wow. So it only took $35,000.

Wow. Wow. So it only took $35,000.

We joined this incubator called Y Combinator. We raised another $20,000. I mean, back then, that was a lot of money. Now, 26-year-olds are raising $100 million for AI companies. They have five employees. Back then, we were like, $20,000 is enough money to get us to ramen profitable. This was the thing.

We joined this incubator called Y Combinator. We raised another $20,000. I mean, back then, that was a lot of money. Now, 26-year-olds are raising $100 million for AI companies. They have five employees. Back then, we were like, $20,000 is enough money to get us to ramen profitable. This was the thing.

We joined this incubator called Y Combinator. We raised another $20,000. I mean, back then, that was a lot of money. Now, 26-year-olds are raising $100 million for AI companies. They have five employees. Back then, we were like, $20,000 is enough money to get us to ramen profitable. This was the thing.

Ramen profitable means your company is profitable if everyone in the company only lives on ramen. So that was our goal.

Ramen profitable means your company is profitable if everyone in the company only lives on ramen. So that was our goal.

Ramen profitable means your company is profitable if everyone in the company only lives on ramen. So that was our goal.