Crazy or a Cultural Phenomenon? My Startup Story.

Marc Andreessen of venture capital company Andreessen Horowitz reputedly said, “Breakthrough ideas look crazy.” Indeed, that was the opinion of a Ph.D. I recruited to help me gather insight into a living style, born out of my own experience.

Like many other people in their fifties, when my children moved away from home in 2014, after graduating from University, I started hosting on Airbnb. In the beginning, I enjoyed the constant flow of visitors that passed through my flat and the income that came with it.