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Are there people who really think this is not a PR stunt? Pardon my cynicism but I call bullshit on all of this not being organized/orchestrated by publicist.

It's wild (vulnerable, transparent, kind, generous, and humbling) for the CEO of a $60B company to welcome complete strangers into his home to host them – including cooking together and showing them the city – for a weekend.

This phrase is outright insulting in my view. Do you really think you will be in the company of a billionaire (and CEO of a PUBLIC company) without even basic vetting? Give me a break.

Of course it is a pr stunt. I used to get angry at this when I was younger but then I realized we have hit the peak of actual growth in the real world a while back. So now everything is just spin. It's chopping the small rooms into smaller rooms and selling them. Soon it will be sell a part of your kidney marketplace. All of this happens because the world needs another major revolution and change. Till then enjoy the vulnerable, transparent CEO who enjoys art and doggies. It's similar to the linkedin CEO post who was so vulnerable and transparent that he had to cry and had tears in his eyes because he had to fire people.

And out of sheer coincidence, one of the guests is from the small founders club world. Small world indeed.

I did look for his airbnb listing at one point, after a previous broadcast that he was putting it up, and there was no way to book it. (I think not because it was already booked.)

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