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What's a business that when you first heard it, thought it was the dumbest idea in the world, and it turned out to be hugely successful? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Low-Helicopter-2696@alien.top to c/entrepreneur@indiehackers.space

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Airbnb sounded like a horrible idea to me. Who the heck would rent out a single room? Sounded like a recipe for murder.

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[–] mynameisgiles@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I worked for a small but growing company last year. The ability to scale the office requirements on a per hire basis, without having to furnish or worry about any of the workings - just give your staff a laptop and a badge, was brilliant. Expensive? Yes. But they have their place.

We also did work with a few 100% remote companies with employees across the UK, who would rent some space on an adhoc basis for small groups of employees who wanted to spend a few days working together on a specific project. The employees could choose which city the office was in, it worked fairly well.