Brian Chesky Quotes
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I think we go through our lives limiting our potential, and when times are tough, it's easy to convince ourselves that something isn't possible, but if you start there, then you limit yourself and the possibilities of what you can create.
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I think I've always been pretty shameless about seeking out people much smarter and much more experienced than me from the very beginning.
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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.
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The culture is what creates the foundation for all future innovation. If you break the culture, you break the machine that creates your products.
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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 every city in the world - it's just that in some cultures, there is more of a generational divide.
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People don't use Airbnb overtly to trust people more. They use it because they want to get a better sense of the culture and to save money. A by-product was that they live in someone else's shoes.
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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.
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Repetition doesn't create memories. New experiences do.
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My life is longer because of the journeys I have taken.
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I think the key that makes Airbnb is the fact that we're a community, not just a series of commodities.
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Our culture is the foundation for our company.
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Travel is a new experience that can transport you out of your everyday routine to create memories with the ones you love.
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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 every week in different homes in San Francisco.
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Culture is simply a shared way of doing something with passion.