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The very first episode of Masters of Scale. Brian Chesky explains how Airbnb grew by doing the exact opposite of what scaled — personally photographing listings, staying in hosts' homes, and designing an '11-star experience.' Hoffman's thesis: to scale, you must first do things that don't scale.
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To scale, you must first do things that don't scale
Chesky flew to New York to personally photograph Airbnb listings, went door-to-door meeting hosts, and designed experiences that were absurdly unscalable. These handcrafted interactions created the quality standard that Airbnb eventually automated.Was this useful?