As with any new and innovative industry, entrenched interests - particularly the hotel industry - have attempted to squash the home-sharing movement. — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
Any time there is a new idea, it can take some time for policy to catch up to it. — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
We have seen things in the twentieth century like the ATM machine, the VCR, and even the car. The electric car was… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
We started Airbnb because, like many across the U.S. and in New York, we were struggling to pay our rent and decided… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
We've invented a new marketplace. There was no easy way to rent a person's bedroom over the Internet or book a vacation… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
We encourage employees to ship new features on day one, which immediately encourages them to come up with something creative and different. — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
By helping New Yorkers turn their greatest expense - their home - into an asset, Airbnb is a vehicle that artists, entrepreneurs,… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
We're a community-driven brand, but at the same time, we want every host in every home to recognize that they're all individuals, and to… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
Airbnb was born out of necessarity. Our rent went up. It was born out of a problem. — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
There's no reason any company should be limited by its physical environment. — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
We expect Seoul to be one of our most important markets not only in Asia but around the world. — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
What we're doing with Airbnb feels like the nexus of everything that is right. We're helping people be more resourceful with the space they… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
When the car was introduced in 1908, people could experience a brand new way to travel that was more efficient than a horse and… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
When we go city by city, country by country, the majority of our hosts, our owners, are simply renting out their spare bedroom. — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
Given Miami's unique role in Airbnb's roots, I'm particularly proud of how South Floridians have embraced home sharing as an opportunity to earn supplemental… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
Starting a company in San Francisco when we did usually meant it was destined to be a data-driven tech company. But that didn't seem… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
In the post-war United States, you had this race to the suburbs. Cities shrank, the suburbs got bigger - and the notion of community… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
Scheduled shipping is one of many inventions that has made New York a global capital of innovation and creativity - from Willis Carrier's invention… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
