Now, at the time, Jason, we were trying to raise $150,000 at a $1.5 million post-money valuation.

So for $150,000, you could own 10% of Airbnb.

And the majority of them didn't even reply to the email.

I actually ended up publishing a bunch of the rejection emails, but many people said like,

this isn't a good idea.

Many people said like, travel, we're not like excited about travel.

I remember one investor said, we love everything but you and your idea.

In other words, we don't-

I'm like, well, I remember the gals is good.

Unfortunately, I was like, I thought to myself, wait, what else is there?

There's me, there's me, there's me, there's me, yeah.

I guess there's the lady, but they don't like the lady, by either.

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