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"There's no reason [AirBnB] couldn't be as big as Ebay." Paul Graham in published email to Fred Wilson. http://paulgraham.com/airbnb.html

PG is a thinking man, and an effective one at that. Reading (not that deeply) between the lines, clearly every sensible person initially "has doubts" about the concept, but then apparently meeting the team is supposed to address those doubts.

Sounds like the AirBnB team are excellent as bs'ing people.

And dear PG:

Cheering for AirBnB to become as big as eBay circa 2009's business plan seems to indicate that even the adults here were not giving any weight to the safety and security issues inherent in an eBay scale operation. I would very much appreciate hearing your thoughts about this topic (if any) that informed your decision.