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Lecture 10 – Culture (Brian Chesky, Alfred Lin)

Brian Chesky, Founder of Airbnb, and Alfred Lin, Former COO of Zappos and Partner at Sequoia Capital, talk Culture in lecture 10 of How to Start a Startup.

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ABOUT Positive Tenacity

These are my notes from building and investing in startups. I’m John S. Kim, Co-Founder/CEO of Sendbird, and General Partner at Valon Capital/ASQ. Learn more here.

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