Kurwig Consulting

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Pleasant Hill, California, United States


I believe having all your papers filed, your books up-to-date and your office efficiently organized is the essential basis for your long-term success.
It creates valuable time and space for you to focus on your business.
Let me help you with that.
I work with local business, sustainable business, social, life-affirming and otherwise conscious entrepreneurs who struggle with their administration and bookkeeping.

Friday, May 10, 2013

How design thinking transformed Airbnb from a failing startup to a billion dollar business

In 2009, Airbnb was close to going bust. Like so many startups, they had launched but barely anyone noticed. The company’s revenue was flatlined at $200 per week. Split between three young founders living in San Francisco, this meant near indefinite losses on zero growth. As everyone knows, venture investors look for companies that show hockey stick graphs, and according to co-founder Joe Gebbia, his company had a horizontal drumstick graph. The team was forced to max out their credit cards.

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