71 - Airbnb

This week we discuss Airbnb, once a champion for personal travel, now a lifeless commodity server farm for tourists. Calgary Olympics 1988 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Winter_Olympics Air BnB genesis story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16cM-RFid9U Air BnB racism https://medium.com/stay-woke/i-read-about-this-phenomenon-of-black-people-being-rejected-on-airbnb-f36dd3ab0375 AirBnB nondiscriminitory Terms and Conditions https://www.airbnb.ca/help/article/1405/airbnb-s-nondiscrimination-policy--our-commitment-to-inclusion-and-respect?locale=en&topic=533 Wattpad https://www.wattpad.com/ Indigenous land rights (Toronto) http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/territorial-acknowledgements-indigenous-1.4175136 WeWork https://www.wework.com/ Kara Swisher on renting a hotel by the minute https://tunein.com/radio/Too-Embarrassed-to-Ask-p824604/?topicId=119360633 Ace Hotel http://www.acehotel.com/ AirBnB storyboards (Snow White project) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT7Irq8YuSo Inside the Tornado, Geoffrey A. Moore https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61336.Inside_the_Tornado Jack Trout, max 80% market saturation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Trout Airbnb vs Berlin http://www.airbnbvsberlin.com/ Lightphone https://www.thelightphone.com/