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The American dream, what we were taught was, grow up, own a car, own a house. I think that dream's completely changing. We were taught to keep up with the Joneses. Now we're sharing with the Joneses.

~Brian Chesky

Topics: American American Dream Car Changing Dream Grow Grow Up House Keep Now Own Sharing Taught Think Up Were I Think

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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

Topics: About Asking Figure Get How Instead Involved Keep Me Out Press Start Talking Them Want Way Whatever Yourself

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Our culture is the foundation for our company.

~Brian Chesky

Topics: Company Culture Foundation Our

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As children, we have vivid imaginations. We stay up late waiting for Santa Claus, dream of becoming president, and have ideas that defy physics. Then something happens. As we grow older, we start editing our imagination.

~Brian Chesky

Topics: Becoming Children Defy Dream Editing Grow Happens Ideas Imagination Imaginations Late Older Our Physics President Santa Santa Claus Something Start Stay Then Up Vivid Waiting

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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.

~Brian Chesky

Topics: About Always Been Beginning Experienced Me More Much Out People Pretty Seeking Shameless Smarter Than Think Very I Think

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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.

~Brian Chesky

Topics: Airbnb Because Better By-Product Culture Else Get Live Money More People Save Sense Shoes Someone Trust Use Want

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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.

~Brian Chesky

Topics: Airbnb Commodities Community Fact Just Key Makes Series Think I Think

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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

Topics: After Another Being Day Days Desk Enough Entrepreneurs Even Every Every Day Feeling Getting Getting Old Important Job Like Missed Natural Old Opportunity Relatively Something Start Think Today Up Us Wake Wake Up Would You Young

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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.

~Brian Chesky

Topics: Airbnb Been Certain City Cultures Different Different People Divide Every How Just More People Similar Some Surprised Types World

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I'm not saying the whole world will work this way, but with Airbnb, people are sleeping in other people's homes and other people's beds. So there's a level of trust necessary to participate that's different from an eBay or Facebook.

~Brian Chesky

Topics: Airbnb Beds Different Facebook Homes Level Necessary Other Participate People Saying Sleeping Trust Way Whole Will Work World Ebay

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: August 29th, 1981

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