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> Also, why raise at 10% interest when interest rates are so low?

There's an old proverb in finance that goes:

"If you borrow a million and can't pay it back, you're in trouble.

If you borrow a billion and can't pay it back, the bank's in trouble."

There was no way Airbnb was going to get that kind of cash at anywhere near 'market rates'.



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