Gary Fox
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So I started HostBullers as an experiment.
So I started HostBullers just by testing the idea.
I put up a website.
I had the idea a while back and then I was like, right, I'm going to test it.
I was doing various other bits and pieces at the time.
I was like, right, I'm going to test this and see if it gets traction.
Then I'll put more focus on it.
So I put up a website and then I put up targeted ads.
It was around the time that the Web Summit was coming to Ireland.
I think it was in the early stages.
This was back, obviously, 2019.
The Web Summit was probably going about three, four years.
It was the ticket in town.
It was the hottest ticket in town.
And there was massive demand.
There wasn't as many hotels in Dublin, obviously, as there is now.
So there was always massive demand.
And Airbnb was this kind of hot new platform.
I'd used it a couple of times in the previous year.
So I'd used it in Washington for a friend's wedding.