Still better - I pitched with a European pre-AirBNB AirBNB site in 2009 in London. It was called HouseTrip[0]. It was sold to TripAdvisor and the founders did well. There were also similar networks in many countries including Australia, though I can't recall names. And more casual networks like warmshowers and some other cycle-focused ones. However, somehow the mega-capital that goes with a US raise drowned out all of the established networks and replaced them with one brand globally - AirBNB. The model was established, IMHO the main thing AirBNB did was raise. This is the major superpower of the US. Capital.
Still better - I pitched with a European pre-AirBNB AirBNB site in 2009 in London. It was called HouseTrip[0]. It was sold to TripAdvisor and the founders did well. There were also similar networks in many countries including Australia, though I can't recall names. And more casual networks like warmshowers and some other cycle-focused ones. However, somehow the mega-capital that goes with a US raise drowned out all of the established networks and replaced them with one brand globally - AirBNB. The model was established, IMHO the main thing AirBNB did was raise. This is the major superpower of the US. Capital.
[0] https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/house-trip