Airbnb attributes UX for taking them from near-failure to being valued at $10 million

According to the company’s co-founder Joe Gebbia, after realizing listings with bad quality photographs were performing poorly, the company took a risk and hired a professional photographer to reshoot the apartments. Weekly profits doubled, and the rest is history, proving the importance of UX once again.

Source:
https://firstround.com/review/How-design-thinking-transformed-Airbnb-from-failing-startup-to-billion-dollar-business/