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data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/CouchSurfing" title="CouchSurfing – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="CouchSurfing" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/CouchSurfing" title="CouchSurfing – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="CouchSurfing" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couchsurfing" title="Couchsurfing – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Couchsurfing" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couchsurfing" title="Couchsurfing – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Couchsurfing" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/CouchSurfing" title="CouchSurfing – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="CouchSurfing" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/CouchSurfing" title="CouchSurfing – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="CouchSurfing" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/CouchSurfing" title="CouchSurfing – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="CouchSurfing" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%86%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF" title="کوچ‌سرفینگ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کوچ‌سرفینگ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/CouchSurfing" title="CouchSurfing – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="CouchSurfing" data-language-autonym="Français" 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data-title="CouchSurfing" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/CouchSurfing" title="CouchSurfing – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="CouchSurfing" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/CouchSurfing" title="CouchSurfing – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="CouchSurfing" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/CouchSurfing" title="CouchSurfing – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="CouchSurfing" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%80%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%81%E1%80%BB%E1%80%BA%E1%80%86%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B7%E1%80%96%E1%80%B9%E1%80%96%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8" title="ကောက်ချ်ဆာ့ဖ္ဖင်း – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ကောက်ချ်ဆာ့ဖ္ဖင်း" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/CouchSurfing" title="CouchSurfing – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="CouchSurfing" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A6%E3%83%81%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3" title="カウチサーフィン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="カウチサーフィン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couchsurfing" title="Couchsurfing – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Couchsurfing" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couchsurfing" title="Couchsurfing – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Couchsurfing" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li 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abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Homestay_service" title="Template:Homestay service"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Homestay_service" title="Template talk:Homestay service"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Homestay_service" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Homestay service"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>CouchSurfing</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Hospitality_exchange_service" title="Hospitality exchange service">hospitality exchange service</a> by which users can request free short-term <a href="/wiki/Homestay" title="Homestay">homestays</a> or interact with other people who are interested in <a href="/wiki/Travel" title="Travel">travel</a>. It is accessible via a <a href="/wiki/Website" title="Website">website</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mobile_app" title="Mobile app">mobile app</a>. It uses a <a href="/wiki/Subscription_business_model" title="Subscription business model">subscription business model</a>, and while hosts are not allowed to charge for lodging, members in some countries must pay a fee to access the platform.<sup id="cite_ref-bug_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bug-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=CouchSurfing&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conception_(1999–2004)"><span id="Conception_.281999.E2.80.932004.29"></span>Conception (1999–2004)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=CouchSurfing&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Conception (1999–2004)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Couchsurfing was conceived by computer programmer and <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> native Casey Fenton in 1999, when he was 21 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-inc_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-handbook_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-entr_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-entr-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The idea arose after Fenton found a cheap flight from <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> to Iceland but did not have lodging. Fenton hacked into a database of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Iceland" title="University of Iceland">University of Iceland</a> and randomly e-mailed 1,500 students asking for a homestay. He received between 50 and 100 offers and chose to stay at the home of an Icelandic <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">rhythm and blues</a> singer.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the return flight to Boston, he came up with the idea to create the website. He registered the couchsurfing.com <a href="/wiki/Domain_name" title="Domain name">domain name</a> on 12 June 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fenton was also inspired by a trip he took 2 years earlier to Egypt, where he was shown around by a local.<sup id="cite_ref-ruin_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ruin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Couchsurfing International Inc. was formed on 2 April 2003 as a <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> <a href="/wiki/Nonprofit_corporation" title="Nonprofit corporation">nonprofit corporation</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-newhampshire_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newhampshire-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with plans to apply for <a href="/wiki/501(c)(3)_organization" title="501(c)(3) organization">501(c)(3)</a> tax exemption. </p><p>The website was launched on 12 June 2004<sup id="cite_ref-handbook_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the cooperation of <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Hoffer" title="Daniel Hoffer">Dan Hoffer</a>, Sebastien Le Tuan, and Leonardo Silveira.<sup id="cite_ref-entr_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-entr-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development_of_the_website_by_volunteers_(2006–2011)"><span id="Development_of_the_website_by_volunteers_.282006.E2.80.932011.29"></span>Development of the website by volunteers (2006–2011)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=CouchSurfing&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Development of the website by volunteers (2006–2011)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CS_Headquarters_in_SF_.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/CS_Headquarters_in_SF_.jpg/220px-CS_Headquarters_in_SF_.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/CS_Headquarters_in_SF_.jpg/330px-CS_Headquarters_in_SF_.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/CS_Headquarters_in_SF_.jpg/440px-CS_Headquarters_in_SF_.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Lunch at former headquarters in San Francisco</figcaption></figure> <p>From 2006 until the company raised financing in 2011, development of the website occurred mostly at events called "Couchsurfing Collectives", in which members met to voluntarily improve the website.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Collectives took place in <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rotterdam" title="Rotterdam">Rotterdam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samara" title="Samara">Samara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a>, <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ruin_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ruin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-handbook_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the collectively-coded website was full of <a href="/wiki/Software_bug" title="Software bug">software bugs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Crash_(computing)" title="Crash (computing)">crashes</a> were common. Many members believed that the website needed to be redesigned from scratch.<sup id="cite_ref-ruin_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ruin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The collectives were also hindered by volunteers who just came to party and by tax laws in each jurisdiction.<sup id="cite_ref-ruin_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ruin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2006, problems with the website <a href="/wiki/Database" title="Database">database</a> resulted in much of it being irrevocably lost.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-techcrunchdelete_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-techcrunchdelete-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Founder Casey Fenton posted online asking for help.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Couchsurfing Collective was underway in Montreal at the time and those in attendance raised $8,000 in donations and committed to recreate the website.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook_9-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007, <a href="/wiki/Google_Trends" title="Google Trends">Google search volume</a> for couchsurfing.org overtook the search volume for <a href="/wiki/Hospitality_Club" title="Hospitality Club">Hospitality Club</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Change_to_a_for-profit_corporation_and_financing_(2011)"><span id="Change_to_a_for-profit_corporation_and_financing_.282011.29"></span>Change to a for-profit corporation and financing (2011)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=CouchSurfing&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Change to a for-profit corporation and financing (2011)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The company applied for <a href="/wiki/501(c)(3)" class="mw-redirect" title="501(c)(3)">501(c)(3)</a> tax status as a <a href="/wiki/Nonprofit_organization" title="Nonprofit organization">nonprofit organization</a> in November 2007 but tax exempt status was rejected by the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service" title="Internal Revenue Service">Internal Revenue Service</a> in early 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-inc_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-smallbusiness_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smallbusiness-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The assets then needed to be acquired from the New Hampshire non-profit, which including legal fees, was to cost $1 million.<sup id="cite_ref-ruin_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ruin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2011, a private for-profit <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a> <a href="/wiki/C_corporation" title="C corporation">C corporation</a>, also called Couchsurfing International, Inc., which was formed on 3 May 2011,<sup id="cite_ref-decorp_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-decorp-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-techcrunchraises15_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-techcrunchraises15-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> raised $7.6 million in a first-round financing led by <a href="/wiki/Benchmark_Capital" class="mw-redirect" title="Benchmark Capital">Benchmark Capital</a> and <a href="/wiki/Omidyar_Network" title="Omidyar Network">Omidyar Network</a> and acquired the assets of the New Hampshire company.<sup id="cite_ref-raises_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-raises-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-steps_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-steps-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The New Hampshire non-profit company was dissolved on 4 November 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-newhampshire_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newhampshire-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The conversion to a for-profit corporation was objected to by many members since the guiding principles of the original non profit organisation promised that CouchSurfing operates as a nonprofit, a promise that was broken by Fenton and Hoffer.<sup id="cite_ref-inc_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Founder Casey Fenton said he received 1,500 emails in the days after announcing the conversion.<sup id="cite_ref-inc_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The company was briefly certified as a <a href="/wiki/B_Corporation_(certification)" title="B Corporation (certification)">B corporation</a> (mistakenly labeled as a <a href="/wiki/Benefit_corporation" title="Benefit corporation">Benefit corporation</a> in a blog post by Casey Fenton),<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but that certification was eventually removed.<sup id="cite_ref-mythsandfacts_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mythsandfacts-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-inc_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2012, Couchsurfing received an additional $15 million in funding from an investor group led by <a href="/wiki/General_Catalyst" title="General Catalyst">General Catalyst Partners</a>, with participation by <a href="/wiki/Menlo_Ventures" title="Menlo Ventures">Menlo Ventures</a>, as well as existing investors <a href="/wiki/Benchmark_Capital" class="mw-redirect" title="Benchmark Capital">Benchmark Capital</a> and <a href="/wiki/Omidyar_Network" title="Omidyar Network">Omidyar Network</a>. The additional funding brought the company's total funding raised to $22.6 million.<sup id="cite_ref-techcrunchraises15_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-techcrunchraises15-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That year, the company launched mobile apps for <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a> and <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-freeplace_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-freeplace-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Management_turnover_(2012–2015)"><span id="Management_turnover_.282012.E2.80.932015.29"></span>Management turnover (2012–2015)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=CouchSurfing&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Management turnover (2012–2015)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tony Espinoza, previously vice president and general manager of <a href="/wiki/Social-network_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Social-network game">social-network games</a> at <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a>, was CEO from April 2012 to October 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-ruin_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ruin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-steps_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-steps-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under his leadership, driven by an aggressive advertising campaign, membership doubled; however, new users were less interested in hosting other travelers and in the "<a href="/wiki/Pay_it_forward" title="Pay it forward">pay it forward</a>" spirit of other members.<sup id="cite_ref-ruin_7-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ruin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tensions between Fenton and Espinoza led to Fenton being fired from the company he founded, although at that time, he kept his seat on the board of directors.<sup id="cite_ref-ruin_7-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ruin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company rented office space in San Francisco.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of Espinoza's tenure, the company had depleted half of its financing and laid off 40% of its staff.<sup id="cite_ref-ruin_7-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ruin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jennifer_Billock,_CEO_Couchsurfing,_at_Sharers_Talk.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Jennifer_Billock%2C_CEO_Couchsurfing%2C_at_Sharers_Talk.jpg/220px-Jennifer_Billock%2C_CEO_Couchsurfing%2C_at_Sharers_Talk.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Jennifer_Billock%2C_CEO_Couchsurfing%2C_at_Sharers_Talk.jpg/330px-Jennifer_Billock%2C_CEO_Couchsurfing%2C_at_Sharers_Talk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Jennifer_Billock%2C_CEO_Couchsurfing%2C_at_Sharers_Talk.jpg/440px-Jennifer_Billock%2C_CEO_Couchsurfing%2C_at_Sharers_Talk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a><figcaption>Jennifer Billock, CEO of CouchSurfing from October 2013 to October 2015</figcaption></figure> <p>Jennifer Billock, who had been head of product marketing, then took over as CEO.<sup id="cite_ref-ruin_7-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ruin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tony_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tony-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_investment_(2015)"><span id="New_investment_.282015.29"></span>New investment (2015)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=CouchSurfing&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: New investment (2015)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2015, Couchsurfing required additional funding but did not have the metrics to raise a <a href="/wiki/Series_C_round" class="mw-redirect" title="Series C round">Series C round</a>. Instead, the company received funding from Dugan Katragadda, a branch of Valencia Street Capital,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> led by Patrick Dugan (born 1980), who previously worked for <a href="/wiki/NetSuite" title="NetSuite">NetSuite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Piper_Jaffray" class="mw-redirect" title="Piper Jaffray">Piper Jaffray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palantir_Technologies" title="Palantir Technologies">Palantir Technologies</a> and Practice Fusion, an electronic medical records company.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dugan's investment was large enough to reconstitute the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_directors" title="Board of directors">board of directors</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ruin_7-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ruin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Casey Fenton was removed from the board of directors due to differences with management and has since no longer been involved in the day-to-day operations of the company.<sup id="cite_ref-ruin_7-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ruin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2016, the company added a feature to its mobile app called "hangouts" that enables members to quickly meet with other nearby members.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Change_to_subscription_business_model_(2020)"><span id="Change_to_subscription_business_model_.282020.29"></span>Change to subscription business model (2020)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=CouchSurfing&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Change to subscription business model (2020)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 2020, during the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, the company switched to a <a href="/wiki/Subscription_business_model" title="Subscription business model">subscription business model</a> requiring users in some countries to pay a fee to access the platform.<sup id="cite_ref-bug_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bug-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=CouchSurfing&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altruism" title="Altruism">Altruism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gift_economy" title="Gift economy">Gift economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hospitality" title="Hospitality">Hospitality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Hospitality_exchange_services" title="Category:Hospitality exchange services">List of hospitality exchange services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reputation_system" title="Reputation system">Reputation system</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=CouchSurfing&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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