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This Week in Startups · 2026-09-30 · 78 min · 16,271 words

Justin Kan & Brian Chesky: The Rejections That Built Twitch and Airbnb | E2344

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Hey everybody, welcome back to This Week in Startups. I am Lon Harris with me not as always on a special occasion, former co-host Alex Wilhelm. Thanks for being here. Oh, it's so good to come back. Friendly faces, I'm sweating in a blazer again.

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