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Airbnb almost didn't make it. Let me tell you the story of how in 2008, one key meeting changed the course of the company. SUBSCRIBE TO MY ADVICE AND LIFE STORIES ► https://youtube.com/JustinKanTV SUBSCRIBE TO MY PODCAST ► https://youtube.com/TheQuestwithJustinKan I'm Justin Kan and I've been through the ups and downs in the startup world. I started Justin.tv, which morphed into Twitch and sold it to Amazon for almost $1 billion, became a partner at Y Combinator, and now I'm investing at my venture capital firm, Goat Capital, and working on my podcast, The Quest. Now, I want to share my stories, startup advice, throwback stories, life advice, behind-the-scenes content and what helped me achieve happiness here on YouTube. If you liked this video, don't forget to bang that like button and SUBSCRIBE for new videos EVERY Thursday! Questions? Reach out to [email protected]. FOLLOW ME: Twitter: https://twitter.com/justinkan TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@justinkan LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinkan LISTEN TO THE QUEST, MY PODCAST: iTunes: https://pod.link/1533022759.apple Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zLH9PYMRqjkvfgjGa4iHo Everything Quest: https://justinkan.club/ GET EXTRA CONTENT AND MORE: Sign up to my newsletter: https://thequestpod.substack.com/ Edited by @Weensy and Jen Lee (https://twitter.com/BackseatVC) #JustinKan​ #Airbnb #Twitch –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– NCS Dream by Di Young https://youtu.be/TiC7_167hQ0​ Creative Commons Attribution license Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/-ncs-dream​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vE7GJnq0jHQ