Uphawu lwe-Airbnb luboniswa kwibhodi yezaziso yedijithali yaseNasdaq eTimes Square eNew York ngoDisemba 10, 2020.I-BETANCUR / AFP ngokusebenzisa imifanekiso kaGetty Ngubani obengacinga ukuba eyona IPO inkulu ye-COVID ekhathazwe yi-2020 iya kuba yinkampani yokuhamba? I-Airbnb ivele yangqina ukuba nobhubhane wehlabathi jikelele akanako ukuwumisa umsebenzi wakhe wokubhukisha okhulayo, nokuba abantu abahambi kude.
NgoLwesine, i-unicorn ekwabelwana ngayo ekhaya yenza amatyala ayo ashushu alindelweyo kwi-NASDAQ. Isitokhwe saqala ukurhweba phakathi emini nge- $ 146 ngesabelo ngasinye-ngaphezulu kokuphindwe kabini kunexabiso elibekwe yinkampani ngobusuku obandulelayo ($ 68). Izabelo zenyuka zenyuka nangaphezulu kwiiyure ezizayo zokurhweba, ukuhambisa kancinci i- $ 160 kwindawo enye. Ekuvalweni kosuku, i-Airbnb yayixabisa i-88 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, ngaphezulu kwayo nayiphi na ikhonkco yehotele okanye indawo yokubhukisha yokuhamba eMhlabeni.
Umphathi omkhulu u-Brian Chesky, obiza i-11 yezigidigidi zeedola ngoku, wothuswa kukungakwazi ukuthetha ngexesha le udliwanondlebe ngeshishini le-CNN. Ngo-Epreli, siphakamise imali. Yayiyimali exhaswa ngemali yamatyala, exabiso malunga ne- $ 30 ngesabelo ngasinye. Andazi ukuba ndithini enye into, utshilo.
Kodwa ayinguye wonke umntu ovela kwiintsuku zabucala ze-Airbnb owavuka ephumelela kakhulu ngobusuku obulandela i-blockbuster yenkampani ye-IPO.
Ngentwasahlobo, njengokuqhambuka kwe-coronavirus kuhlasela ishishini lakwa-Airbnb, inkampani ibekelwe phandle Ikota yabasebenzi bayo (imisebenzi eyi-1,900). I-Airbnb ibabhatalele iiphakheji zokuqhawula inkonzo ngesisa, kodwa bengenazicwangciso zokubaqesha emva kobhubhane. Uninzi lwazo luphulukene nethuba lokufumana imali kubunini babo ngexesha njengoluhlu lwasesidlangalaleni.
Ngokokugcwaliswa phambi kwe-IPO, i-Airbnb irhoxise ama-616 ezigidi zeerandi zamabhaso esitokhwe angavunwanga kwiinyanga ezilithoba zokuqala zika-2020. Ulwazi uxele ukuba uninzi lwala mabhaso aphulukene nelakhe yayingabasebenzi abaye bayekwa ngoMeyi. Yeyona nto inkulu yokuphelisa ukhetho phakathi kwesitokhwe phakathi koluhlu lwama-20 lwamva nje lwetekhnoloji, uhlalutyo lupapasho olufunyenweyo
Ngeli xesha, uChesky wanconywa ngokutshintsha ngokukhawuleza isicwangciso se-Airbnb sigxile ekuthengiseni iindawo zokuhlala, endaweni yokubhukisha iholide kwizixeko ezikhulu, ukulungiselela iimfuno ezikhulayo zokusebenza kude.
NgoJuni, inkampani ihlengahlengise indawo yayo kunye nealgorithm ukubonisa abo bafuna ukuba ngabahambi indawo yokuhlala kufutshane nalapho bahlala khona. Kwaye ngoJulayi, ivolumu yokubhukisha yayisele iphindaphindekile ukuya kwinqanaba lobhubhane. Ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha sokubhukisha senzelwe ukuhlala ngaphakathi kweekhilomitha ezingama-300 kwindawo yomthengi, ngokwenkampani.
Bendingazi ukuba ndizakuthatha izigqibo ezili-10 kwiiveki ezili-10, uChesky ucatshulwe esitsho kudliwanondlebe Ijenali yeWall Street ngo-Okthobha.
Ngokungafaniyo nabaninzi Ii-IPOs zeSilicon Valley sibonile kwi-2019 kunye ne-2020, i-Airbnb sele inenzuzo. Inkampani ifikelele kwinzuzo yekota ngo-2018 nango-2019. Kwaye uChesky ukholelwa ekubeni kulungiselelwe ixesha elide, uxelele i-CNBC ngoLwesine. Senze inqanaba elitsha lokuhamba. Ke ngoko, sikudidi olunye.
