When we started Airbnb, I had no idea about the people we would meet or the friendships I would make. — Brian Chesky Copy Share Image
I think the key that makes Airbnb is the fact that we're a community, not just a series of commodities. — Brian Chesky Community Copy Share Image
Our perception of time is really driven by our perception of the unfamiliar, vivid, and new. — Brian Chesky Copy Share Image
We start with the perfect experience and then work backward. That's how we're going to continue to be successful. — Brian Chesky Being successful Copy Share Image
In June, 2010, I moved out of my apartment and I have been mostly homeless ever since, — Brian Chesky Copy Share Image
The stuff that matters in life is no longer stuff. It's other people. It's relationships. It's experience. — Brian Chesky Experience Copy Share Image
Culture is simply a shared way of doing something with passion. — Brian Chesky Culture Copy Share Image
Never assume you can't do something. Push yourself to redefine the boundaries. — Brian Chesky Boundaries Copy Share Image
Companies that hire employees..that are deeply passionate create companies that customers are really really passionate about, and those are the companies that… — Brian Chesky Copy Share Image
Brand is really the connection between you and your customersif you have a very strong culture, then the brand will come through. — Brian Chesky Copy Share Image
No matter how certain I am about some culture or some group of people, my opinions are only as accurate as the… — Brian Chesky Copy Share Image
[On culture] It's living the core values when you hire; when you write an email; when you are working on a project;… — Brian Chesky Copy Share Image
I think I've always been pretty shameless about seeking out people much smarter and much more experienced than me from the very… — Brian Chesky Copy Share Image
Culture is a thousand things, a thousand times. It's living the core values when you hire; when you write an email; when… — Brian Chesky Core values Copy Share Image
Everyone's got a moment or two in their life where something happens and you make a decision and then your entire life… — Brian Chesky Decision Copy Share Image
In organizations (or even in a society) where culture is weak, you need an abundance of heavy, precise rules and processes. — Brian Chesky Abundance Copy Share Image
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… — Brian Chesky Art Copy Share Image
I think we go through our lives limiting our potential, and when times are tough, it's easy to convince ourselves that something… — Brian Chesky Copy Share Image
What I've been surprised by is not how different people are, but how similar they are. There are certain types of Airbnb… — Brian Chesky Copy Share Image
I'm not saying the whole world will work this way, but with Airbnb, people are sleeping in other people's homes and other… — Brian Chesky Copy Share Image
Somebody asked me 'what's the job of a CEO', and there's a number of things a CEO does. What you mostly do… — Brian Chesky Being successful Copy Share Image
Airbnb is different from most brands. We're a community of individuals, and yet there's a consistency holding us together through the values… — Brian Chesky Belonging Copy Share Image
Every day I would wake up and think, 'Today is another missed opportunity to do something important.' After enough days like this,… — Brian Chesky Business Copy Share Image
In summer of 2008, I meet a guy named Michael Seibel. And Michael Seibel says, 'There are these people called angels, and… — Brian Chesky Angel Copy Share Image
I had to learn to get comfortable in a role of ambiguity where I had to seek out advisers and learn quickly. — Brian Chesky Copy Share Image
Build something 100 people love, not something 1 million people kind of like. — Brian Chesky Copy Share Image
It's better to have 100 people love you than to have 1,000,000 people like you. — Brian Chesky Inspirational Copy Share Image
A company's culture is the foundation for future innovation. An entrepreneurs job is to build the foundation — Brian Chesky Business Copy Share Image
Our shared vision of belonging is the thread that weaves through every touchpoint on Airbnb. — Brian Chesky Belonging Copy Share Image
Unless you have fixed costs, you don't need any capital to create a prototype. Ideally, your co-founders, with sweat equity, can create… — Brian Chesky Costs Copy Share Image
The culture is what creates the foundation for all future innovation. If you break the culture, you break the machine that creates… — Brian Chesky Computers Copy Share Image
The people with the passports, the people who travel more, tend to be the most understanding. And it's ironic that the people… — Brian Chesky Opinions Copy Share Image
People don't use Airbnb overtly to trust people more. They use it because they want to get a better sense of the… — Brian Chesky Culture Copy Share Image
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