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February 19, 2013 08:59 pm GMT

Airbnb Co-Founder: Make Money Off Your Hobbies


For many entrepreneurs, starting a business sounds like a lot of -- well -- work. But the most successful businesspeople simply devise a means to monetize what they enjoy doing most.

As one of the three founders of Airbnb and the company's CTO, Nate Blecharczyk devised a way to combine his longtime hobby of coding with his lucrative career.

He had already been selling his development services for over a decade, when he joined fellow co-founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia in 2008. The trio sought to create a service that travelers could use to efficiently book safe and inexpensive short-term living accommodations from other users.

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