INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The popular DIY hospitality startup promised last year that it would go public in 2020
That timeline means that its 2019 performance will be included in an eventual S-1 filing, putting the results on public display.Recent news,
soon, as it has promised, its recent, trailing results will matter
Doing this will help us understand how the startup went from rising profitability to posting, through the first three quarters of 2019, a
nine-figure net loss.The Airbnb public offering (likely a direct listing) is going to be the financial event of the year
Get excited.The following data points were culled from a host of reports over the past half decade
Each is accompanied by its original source, and I encourage you to read the pieces to get a feel for how Airbnb has been discussed through
The tone of Airbnb coverage largely tracks its performance; when Airbnb was at the steepest part of its growth curve, the media was enthused
$340 million in revenue (MarketWatch)2016: Revenue of $1.7 billion, $100 million in adjusted EBITDA (Fortune)
