33 min listen
S2 E4: Airbnb's pandemic turnaround
S2 E4: Airbnb's pandemic turnaround
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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Jul 3, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In early 2020, the home-sharing platform was poised to make a splashy debut on the public markets later that year. But within just a few weeks, coronavirus brought travel - and Airbnb business - to a halt. Journalist Liz Hoffman takes us inside the financing that saved the Silicon Valley darling and became one of the defining Wall Street deals of the pandemic.
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Released:
Jul 3, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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