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When you offer consumers choice, let them vote with their wallets.
I like to keep things simple.
What we’ve demonstrated is there’s an immense appetite to travel more authentically and immerse yourself in culture… as opposed to having a commoditised experience.
Talking to hosts and asking them, ‘What does Airbnb mean to you?’… I get amazingly heartfelt stories about the people that they met, about the money that they earned, about the mindset of empowerment they got through this and how they then applied that to their own business.
When we founded Airbnb in 2008, our dream was to help create a world where you could belong anywhere, and that vision has taken root in almost every country in the world.
There’s a perception out there that Airbnb doesn’t want there to be rules. We think rules would be fantastic. We think rules would help our community, but not necessarily the rules that have simply existed for decades.
I think we’ve always thought that it’s important to have a positive relationships with local government rather than taking a confrontational kind of stance.
I don’t like spending money.
For entrepreneurs, choosing your co-founders is like a professional marriage. You’re going to go through tough times, and you need to remember that ideas can change, but business partners can’t.
I realized that I’m increasingly in a position where I know a network of people, and I’m able to connect more or less anyone.
We want to strike the right balance between the governments and our users. If there are concerns, we can work together.
I don’t like asking people for things, so if I can do it myself, that’s the mindset I have. My dad is very much a do-it-yourself kind of person, so I had a strong sense of independence.
We don’t want to go starting completely separate businesses that do nothing for our user base.
It’s not just exciting to build things but to explore new fields and to recognize what comes with that is a lot of uncertainty.
We’re a provider of experiences, not strictly accommodation.
Being a father gave me a new purpose for existing. That newfound purpose has somehow given me the stamina and patience to take on the endless stream of challenges that come along with parenthood.
I don’t feel like my life happens to me. I feel like I happen to my life. I feel that I’m in the driver’s seat.
Airbnb is creating a new marketplace for space and is facing many of the challenges that eBay faced back in 1998 when they created a new marketplace for goods.
Part of being an entrepreneur is, like, it’s just so great to run your own business, that feeling you get.
Historically, we’ve just been doing accommodation. And, going forward, we’re really exploring the full boundaries of everything that someone needs while on a trip, and also how can we reinvent that experience.
I cannot deny that there are unavoidable, day-to-day tradeoffs between being a parent and a professional. There are only so many hours in a day.
We make every one of our users sign a pledge when they sign up that they will not discriminate, that they will not exhibit hatred. Whenever we become aware of such an example, they’re permanently banned.
When you think about it, Airbnb is a great solution if your family is traveling with you on business and you need more space, if you’re going for an extended stay, like a week plus. It’s a great solution if you want close proximity to the work site and maybe there isn’t a hotel across the street or whatnot.
I have incredible wealth, and I think there’s a great responsibility to use this position to do good stuff.
Silicon Valley is super competitive and super expensive for talent, for office space, for everything.
I’m married. I have a daughter, so I put aside time in the day to spend with them.
We’re really creating a whole different kind of travel experience. One that really celebrates the different places, different cultures, the different cities and immerses you in that culture.
With commerce comes fraud.
My wife and I try to have a date night once a week. We schedule them all in advance.
More efficient workers are always in an employer’s best interest.
