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- 10/4/2012
- by Brent Lang, Lucas Shaw, Tim Kenneally, Alexander C. Kaufman & Todd Cunningham
- The Wrap
Wimdu offers a glimpse into its plans for giving nearly identical rent-your-room service Airbnb a run for its huge chunk of money.
A dozen or so twentysomethings met for an apparent company outing on a recent Thursday evening in 90-plus degree heat at an outdoor spot in New York's East Village called B Bar. It's as much of a home to bridge-and-tunnel crowds as it is to first-year M&A bankers. These particular unbuttoned button-downers had cause for a pep rally. They huddled close and hoisted glasses of liquor skyward, and one hollered: "Here's to kicking Airbnb's ass!" And everyone slammed their shots in unison.
The revelers were employees of Wimdu, the closest competitor (or clone, depending on your take) to Airbnb, a marketplace for travel accommodations that allows people to rent out their homes to travelers. It's part of a rapidly growing new "sharing economy," in which people rent...
A dozen or so twentysomethings met for an apparent company outing on a recent Thursday evening in 90-plus degree heat at an outdoor spot in New York's East Village called B Bar. It's as much of a home to bridge-and-tunnel crowds as it is to first-year M&A bankers. These particular unbuttoned button-downers had cause for a pep rally. They huddled close and hoisted glasses of liquor skyward, and one hollered: "Here's to kicking Airbnb's ass!" And everyone slammed their shots in unison.
The revelers were employees of Wimdu, the closest competitor (or clone, depending on your take) to Airbnb, a marketplace for travel accommodations that allows people to rent out their homes to travelers. It's part of a rapidly growing new "sharing economy," in which people rent...
- 7/29/2011
- by Austin Carr
- Fast Company
The site that lets you crash in a stranger’s house closed a huge round of funding today. But it's not just houses and rooms that lured the boatload of cash. Andreessen Horowitz tells us why Airbnb is poised to become the "eBay of hard assets"--and how it’s going to help you make money on stuff you already own.
Airbnb was created three years ago with a simple idea: Why not create a way for people to rent out spare rooms in their homes to travelers? Today, the scrappy little startup, a cornerstone in a booming sharing economy, nabbed a whopping $112 million investment from Andreessen Horowitz, Dst, and General Catalyst. Andreessen General Partner Jeff Jordan, the former PayPal president who previously ran eBay North America, tells Fast Company why Airbnb is poised to change the way you and I travel--and help us make a little money on the side.
Airbnb was created three years ago with a simple idea: Why not create a way for people to rent out spare rooms in their homes to travelers? Today, the scrappy little startup, a cornerstone in a booming sharing economy, nabbed a whopping $112 million investment from Andreessen Horowitz, Dst, and General Catalyst. Andreessen General Partner Jeff Jordan, the former PayPal president who previously ran eBay North America, tells Fast Company why Airbnb is poised to change the way you and I travel--and help us make a little money on the side.
- 7/26/2011
- by E.B. Boyd
- Fast Company
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