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Source: Airbnb lost about $100M in Q2 2019, compared to the profit of $10M it made a year ago

Airbnb lost about $100 million before interest and taxes in the second quarter this year, a big swing from the profit of $10 million it made in the year-earlier period, according to financial information viewed by The Information. Tweets: @coryweinberg , @modestproposal1 , @edbott , and @eliotwb Tweets: Cory Weinberg / @coryweinberg : NEWS: Airbnb lost about $100 million in Q2, a big swing from the profit of $10 million it made in the year-earlier period. http://thein.fo/... Modest Proposal / @modestproposal1 : 🧐 “But the biggest expense was sales and marketing, which rose 47% to nearly $390 million” 🤔 https://twitter.com/... Ed Bott / @edbott : Go figure. https://twitter.com/... Eliot Brown / @eliotwb : Airbnb spent over 30% of revenue on sales & marketing in the second quarter https://www.theinformation.com/ ... Expand More For Next Unexpand More For Next

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  • @coryweinberg Cory Weinberg on x
    NEWS: Airbnb lost about $100 million in Q2, a big swing from the profit of $10 million it made in the year-earlier period. http://thein.fo/...
  • @modestproposal1 Modest Proposal on x
    🧐 “But the biggest expense was sales and marketing, which rose 47% to nearly $390 million” 🤔 https://twitter.com/...
  • @edbott Ed Bott on x
    Go figure. https://twitter.com/...
  • @eliotwb Eliot Brown on x
    Airbnb spent over 30% of revenue on sales & marketing in the second quarter https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
  • @dee_bosa Deirdre Bosa on x
    🚨Breaking: Airbnb is losing it's COO Belinda Johnson ahead of its expected 2020 listing Johnson prioritizing time with family, joins board of directors. Was first exec Chesky hired and been called “Airbnb's Sheryl Sandberg”. Big loss for the startup https://cnbc.com/...