Occupation: Internet Entrepreneur Birth: August 29, 1981
Everyone's got a moment or two in their life where something happens and you make a decision and then your entire life changes..
Every day I would wake up and think, 'Today is another missed opportunity to do something important.' After enough days like this, you start feeling ….
In June 2010, I moved out of my apartment and I have been mostly homeless ever since, off and on. I just live in Airbnb apartments and I check in eve….
I'm not saying the whole world will work this way, but with Airbnb, people are sleeping in other people's homes and other people's beds. So there's a….
Whatever career you're in, assume it's going to be a massive failure. That way, you're not making decisions based on success, money and career. You'r….
Build something 100 people love, not something 1 million people kind of like..
The stuff that matters in life is no longer stuff. It's other people. It's relationships. It's experience..
Customers are willing to try new things, and if you can survive, you will have fewer competitors. It's like entering the eye of the storm. As long as….
We start with the perfect experience and then work backward. That's how we're going to continue to be successful..
A company's culture is the foundation for future innovation. An entrepreneurs job is to build the foundation.
Brand is really the connection between you and your customersif you have a very strong culture, then the brand will come through..
Culture is so incredibly important because it is the foundation for all future innovation. People with passion can change the world..
Do things that won't scale; it will teach you..
If you want to create a great product, just focus on one person. Make that one person have the most amazing experience ever..
What I've been surprised by is not how different people are, but how similar they are. There are certain types of Airbnb people, and they are in ever….
When you start a company, it's more an art than a science because it's totally unknown. Instead of solving high-profile problems, try to solve someth….
Culture is simply a shared way of doing something with passion..
Whatever the press is talking about, they want to keep talking about it. So instead of asking yourself, 'How can I get them to start talking about me….
Our "overnight" success took 1,000 days..
Don't listen to your parents..
The office is the laboratory and meeting your users is like going into the field. You can't just stay in the lab. And it's not just asking users what….