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High reputation beats high similarity.
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What I've realized is that the joy of meeting and greeting people from all around the world is universal.
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There's no reason any company should be limited by its physical environment.
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We hire people who are smarter than us.
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Staying at Airbnb listings gives me the opportunity to truly understand and experience the local culture of the countries I visit.
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You have to know what your users are experiencing.
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Airbnb was born out of necessarity. Our rent went up. It was born out of a problem.
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The story of Airbnb is really the underdog story in many ways.
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I often stay in Tokyo's Daikanyama neighbourhood. You can go for a peaceful morning run along the Meguro river, and it is particularly incredible during cherry blossom season.
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There's this misconception globally that the platform is about property groups and big property owners renting out entire buildings full-time.
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The sharing economy is about making use of any idle resource out there. We do love seeing other sharing-economy companies flourish.
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A world-changing vision often necessitates a profound simplicity in the user experience.
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My role is to think about what the future could be for Airbnb - and that includes crafting an effortless and easy-to-use service on any platform, whether mobile, tablet, or Web.
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We built a basic website, and Air Bed and Breakfast was born. Three lucky guests got to stay on a $20 airbed on the hardwood floor. But they loved it. And so did we. We took them on adventures around the city.
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In a lot of ways, the real learning at RISD happened after-hours when you're working side by side with your colleagues.
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When it comes to technology and the home, I really don't want to see any of it.
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The hotel industry is a very modern invention - it only really started to become branded in the 1950s.
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We encourage employees to ship new features on day one, which immediately encourages them to come up with something creative and different.
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In the future, we will see living experiences curated around a shared lifestyle.
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At Airbnb, we're trying to build a culture that supports details, celebrates them, and gives our teams creative license to pursue them.
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While the Cold War had us questioning our next-door neighbors, big brands emerged to capture our trust. We became consumers.
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I think Pixar's done an amazing job integrating art and science. They really get this idea that art and engineering work side by side.
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Airbnb has proven that hospitality, generosity, and the simple act of trust between strangers can go a long way.
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Design helps shape our everyday interactions through products, furniture, objects, or experiences.
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