Medium once tried to give away about 10 percent of the company for $ more than $20 billion , and not one investor would take up the offer. Brian Chesky , co-founder and CEO of Airbnb , took to Medium yesterday to post some responses he received from potential investors way back in 2008 , just as the company was setting out. Following meetings with seven “prominent investors in Silicon Valley ,” one responded — and each turned the investment opportunity down.
Airbnb once tried to give away 10% of the company for $150,000, and not one investor would take up the offer. Brian Chesky, co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, took to Medium yesterday to post some responses he received from potential investors way back in 2008, just as the company was setting out. Following meetings with seven “prominent investors in Silicon Valley,” only five responded — and each turned the investment opportunity down.