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Chloe Taylor

Airbnb’s CEO and cofounder says the best advice he was ever given was ‘counterintuitive’ to what most people would tell you

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky speaks onstage during "Introducing Trips" Reveal at Airbnb Open LA on November 17, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Credit: Mike Windle/Getty Images for Airbnb)

Focusing too heavily on scaling a business may not be the best idea for entrepreneurs, according to Airbnb’s cofounder and CEO Brian Chesky.

In 2008, when Chesky and his Airbnb cofounders Nathan Blecharczyk and Joe Gebbia were seeking to raise money for their fledgling start-up, they approached more than a dozen Silicon Valley investors—all of whom turned their pitch down.

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