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The Boy Who Was Told No

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The Boy Who Was Told No

He Was Told No Over a Packet of Cereal as a Boy. Today He Runs More Than 1,100 Properties Across the World. The call came at ten at night. A friend in Canada, stuck in a jam, needed an Airbnb expert immediately. Within the hour I was on the phone with a stranger whose confidence I could feel before I'd even seen his face. "Yes," he said, smiling down the line, "I can help." I spent the months that followed learning where that certainty came from.

By Michael Siervo

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