Couchsurfing Quotes

Tourists vs. Travelers vs. Cheap Fucks [10w] Tourist books hotels; travelers reserve Airbnb; cheap fucks use Couchsurfing.

Hospitality Club et Couchsurfing constituent un microlaboratoire du monde parfait tel que je l'imagine. Un monde d'ouverture, de simplicité, de tolérance et d'amitié, allant au-delà des frontières.

It's like being in jail here, man. Couchsurfing is my window.

Another product, Couchsurfing, already existed as well, and was an indirect competitor, albeit a peculiar one. Founded in 2003 as a nonprofit, Couchsurfing allowed for people to crash on each other’s sofa while traveling but did not require payment. Instead the focus was on community and letting members guide each other around a new town. (The result was occasional romantic advances, both wanted and unwanted, in the absence of economic clarity and motivations.)

Es gibt keine schlechten Orte, wenn du reist, um Mensen zu treffen", sagt Saeed. [There are no bad places, when you travel to meet people]

[Nach vielen Nächten in Privatwohnungen kann ich den Aufenthalt im Hotel niet genießen, auch wenn das Bett bequemer ist als jeder Teppich] Wer häufig das Echte erlebt, schärft seinen Blick für die Inszenierung. [Die Freundlichkeit des Personals fühlt sich anders an als die Freundlichkeit meiner Gastgeber. Weil ich dafür bezahle, dass sie nett zu mir sind.]

Research on launching new businesses and products shows that—at best—the so-called first-mover advantage is a dangerous half-truth. When markets are treacherous and uncertainty is high, first movers often flounder because consumers aren’t ready for their ideas or are put off by crummy early offerings. Companies that launch their products or services later end up as winners, in part, because they learn from the fatal missteps of eager early movers. Amazon was not the first online bookstore; the defunct Books.com and Interloc were among the earlier entrants. Netscape, the first commercially successful Web browser, was launched years before Google. Myspace was a successful social networking service before Facebook. Couchsurfing was founded before Airbnb. Being first is risky when smart fast followers can learn from your troubles and pass you