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we were voted by Y Combinator. So each batch, they rate like the best company like halfway through and at the end, and we were rated the best.
I also want to give credit to Jessica, because I think Jessica thought, I remember Paul and Jessica said later, they thought we were like cockroaches. And I think they mean it in a good way, that it was like an investment nuclear winter. And in a nuclear holocaust, the only thing that survives are cockroaches. And the only thing that would survive an investment nuclear winter would be the founders of Airbnb, we said we won't die, no matter what happens. And so they basically funded us because we
He said something like, I guess if you can convince people to pay $40 for a $4 box of cereal, then maybe you can convince at least some people to stay in each other's homes. And he ended up admitting us to Y Combinator.
And then Justin Khan says, I'm going to email Paul Graham. And he ends up emailing Paul Graham. And he goes, is this deadline? Definitely, definitely over. And Paul Graham says, I will extend it to midnight tonight.