I think the key that makes Airbnb is the fact that we’re a community, not just a series of commodities. Brian Chesky Read Quote
No matter how certain I am about some culture or some group of people, my opinions are only as accurate as the amount of time I’ve spent with them. Brian Chesky Read Quote
When you are in someone’s home, in their bed, you see the world from their eyes. You understand ‘the other’ is not so other. Brian Chesky Read Quote
CEOs are often chief product officers. But for me to say I’m a chief product officer when my product is a community, I really should be thinking of myself as head of this community. Brian Chesky Read Quote
In summer of 2008, I meet a guy named Michael Seibel. And Michael Seibel says, ‘There are these people called angels, and they’ll give you money.’ The first thing I thought is, ‘I can’t believe this guy believes in angels.’ That’s how naive I was. Brian Chesky Read Quote
Our perception of time is really driven by our perception of the unfamiliar, vivid, and new. Brian Chesky Read Quote
When we started Airbnb, I had no idea about the people we would meet or the friendships I would make. Brian Chesky Read Quote
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 like you are getting old, even when you are relatively young. We are all natural entrepreneurs, and being manacled to a desk job is not for us. Brian Chesky Read Quote
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?’, figure out a way to get yourself involved in what they’re already talking about. Brian Chesky Read Quote
