The INSANE Story of Airbnb - By MagnatesMedia...
Airbnb should never have worked. The CEO (Brian Chesky) knew nothing about business. The idea of Airbnb had basically been done before, and Airbnb was actually illegal in many cities. Even Airbnb's founders didn’t think it would work! And yet, despite everything, Airbnb has become a billion dollar company, and one of the greatest business success stories of the digital age. They’re the largest accommodation provider in the world, yet they don’t own any real estate. So… how did they do it? Welcome to the INSANE story of Airbnb!

The story of Airbnb is slightly ridiculous - it started with Airbnb's founders renting out an air mattress in their apartment to make money, and then making cereal (Obama O’s and Cap’n McCain's) to get out of credit card debt. The history of Airbnb is full of controversy, twists, and useful business lessons for entrepreneurs.

And it all began when Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia were on the verge of getting evicted from their apartment. Rent was due, and they were broke. Their unfortunate circumstances would lead them to creating Airbnb, one of the fastest growing businesses.

But as well as looking at the INSANE Story of Airbnb, we’ll also look at Airbnb’s scandals, Airbnb vs governments, how Airbnb broke the law, how Airbnb dealt with the pandemic, and whether Airbnb is ever actually going to be profitable...

This dark Discord Iceberg video cuts all the fluff and goes straight in 10 insane topics, with each topic getting even darker. We talk about Discord's problematic business model, its controversies, stories about people in unfortunate situations, and even worse. Discord is a place filled with preds with bad motives. Join us in this Discord Iceberg video as we explore the Dark World of Discord.

Discord is a wonderful platform. It helps people create and build relationship. However, what you see about Discord is only the surface. There is a dark side to Discord. In this documentary I outline the dark sides of Discord, from it's problematic business model, it's controversies, stories about users being doxed, and even to highly illegal things that it's users do every day. As we go deeper into the documentary things just get crazier and crazier exploring the dark side of Discord.

No company stores more data than Amazon, the former online bookseller. Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has become the richest man in the world. Every second Euro in online trading is spent at Amazon. Is the IT giant, with its unabated growth, about to turn our economic system upside down?

Amazon is a machine that can simultaneously observe, compare and analyze more than 300 million people worldwide. The company is not just a marketplace, market supervisor and provider of more and more services and consumer items - it also controls all the data streams in this market and uses them to its own benefit. Who suspects that a single click on an Amazon page will forward information to the company that fills a printed DIN-A-4 page? A conversation with Alexa, watching a streaming offer on Amazon-Prime, ordering vegetables via Amazon-Fresh - all this put together creates a whole library of information about every customer. The group collects everything - it just won’t reveal what conclusions it draws from it. What would be possible if data from other, new business areas were added? In the USA, Amazon is also active in the health and insurance sectors, and police officers are using its facial recognition software to search for wanted persons.

Mega-corporations like Amazon and Facebook are becoming more powerful. And their growth shows no signs of slowing down. They are in the public eye -- but are they also above the law?

The pandemic has only made the "big four” -- Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook -- more influential. Our data has become big business. But are these corporations out of control?

Experts have long watched as corporations like Apple and Amazon flout antitrust laws, while receiving special treatment: When it comes to wages, taxes and laws, these corporations seem to rewrite the rules as they go. Many critics consider Facebook and Google’s systematic data exploitation a violation of our core democratic principals. Moreover, the line between the state and mega-corporations is growing even foggier. Some states believe there is simply no way around these giants. Corporate power seems like it is here to stay.

Market driven surveillance undermines our sovereignty and thus the very foundation of Western democracies. There is a storm brewing both in the U.S. and Europe. But the corporations are ready for it. Will they continue on this dangerous trajectory, or is there some chance we can still rein them in?

SPOTIFY: The Pirates Who Saved / Killed Music (The Illegal Rise of Spotify) --- Welcome to the INSANE story of Spotify. We look at how Spotify nearly failed before it even launched, how Spotify got locked in an ongoing battle with both record labels and artists, and finally how Spotify regained leverage by changing their business model. Now, Spotify is actually quite a powerful force in the music industry with a lot more control, which means there are several controversial issues for us to look at in the Spotify Story - including Spotify's history with fake streams, and its plans to become a central hub for podcasts.

Here on MagnatesMedia I bring you business stories. Today, we're looking at how Daniel Ek started Spotify, and what a huge impact Spotify has had. However if you enjoy this look into Spotify's history, check out some of the other business origin stories on MagnatesMedia!

The Netflix Movie: The INSANE Rise and Fall of Netflix - a MagnatesMedia business documentary on the history of Netflix. This is the truth about Netflix, a look inside the rise and fall of Netflix’s streaming empire. Thanks to ShipStation for sponsoring the show!

How Does WhatsApp Make Money? This mini-movie tells the story of WhatsApp, and the insane journey of Brian Acton & Jan Koum. Imagine this: you go for a job at Facebook and get rejected. A few years later, Facebook buy your company for $19 billion dollars. Well, for WhatsApp founders Brian and Jan, that’s exactly what happened. Unfortunately, for WhatsApp's users, the story perhaps doesn’t have quite such a happy ending… The story of how WhatsApp was built and scaled is both fascinating and worrying.

Amazon has 118+ private label brands, some that carry the Amazon name and others cleverly disguised without it. And it’s been accused of using its data prowess to make nearly identical versions of bestselling brand-name items, like Peak Design’s Everyday Sling Bag.

Amazon says it’s continuing to invest in its popular brands, despite rumors its scaling back on private label to appease regulators. Amazon may be pushing the boundaries of what's acceptable in private labeling, there's nothing illegal about copying brand-name products. It's a business practice that, in some capacity, is widely used by most major retailers.

Here’s how private labels work, and why experts say the high margin products like AmazonBasics batteries are going nowhere.

Amazon compte plus de 500 000 employés dans le monde pour 150 milliards d'euros de chiffres d’affaires. Créée en 1994 par Jeff Bezos, la petite librairie en ligne est devenue une multinationale tentaculaire présente dans près de 200 pays dont la France, l’un de ses plus gros marchés avec 24 millions de clients. Mais derrière cet incroyable succès, les controverses se multiplient, sur les cadences et les conditions de travail des employés et la pression imposée à ses fournisseurs et partenaires. Pour la première fois en France, immersion en coulisses et enquête sur l’une des plus grandes entreprises du monde.

Tout Compte Fait, présenté par Julian Bugier tous les samedis à 14h00 sur France 2, vous dévoile les coulisses d'un monde qui change.

"L’ampleur des écoutes est sans précédent. C’est un micro qui capte tout, en permanence. J’ai décidé de témoigner à visage découvert pour dénoncer l’exploitation et la surveillance de masse".

Pour Le Média, un ancien employé lève le voile sur les pratiques intrusives d’une multinationale tentaculaire.

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Retrouvez le témoignage de Thomas, ainsi que d'autres travailleurs.ses du clic dans le documentaire 'Invisibles' d'Henri Poulain et Antonio Casilli : https://youtu.be/xpokbYFyB-8

Amazon compte plus de 500 000 employés dans le monde pour 150 milliards d'euros de chiffres d’affaires. Créée en 1994 par Jeff Bezos, la petite librairie en ligne est devenue une multinationale tentaculaire présente dans près de 200 pays dont la France, l’un de ses plus gros marchés avec 24 millions de clients. Mais derrière cet incroyable succès, les controverses se multiplient, sur les cadences et les conditions de travail des employés et la pression imposée à ses fournisseurs et partenaires. Pour la première fois en France, immersion en coulisses et enquête sur l’une des plus grandes entreprises du monde.