“It's better to have 100 people who love you than a million who just sort of like you. First do things that don't scale — then figure out how to scale.”
Why Brian is the canonical The Scaler
Co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, who took a couch-rental idea to a global platform. His arc from hand-serving the first hundred hosts to scaling to millions is the textbook case of turning an early product into a large company.
The The Scaler founds VC-backed companies optimizing for market dominance and exit. See the role on the 23-role map →
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