Brian Chesky
Brian Chesky
Brian Joseph Cheskyis an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded the hospitality exchange service Airbnb. Chesky is the CEO of the company and was named one of Time's "100 Most Influential People of 2015"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth29 August 1981
CountryUnited States of America
stars thinking interesting
I think the next big thing in music, and it's kind of because I come from the tech industry, is actually, I think it's the platform... Spotify is incredibly interesting. I think the platform is becoming the star.
strong may culture
There's no such thing as a good or bad culture, it's either a strong or weak culture. And a good culture for somebody else may not be a good culture for you.
talking asking want
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.
jobs opportunity thinking
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.
overnight-success
Our "overnight" success took 1,000 days.
successful perfect being-successful
We start with the perfect experience and then work backward. That's how we're going to continue to be successful.
life-changing two decision
Everyone's got a moment or two in their life where something happens and you make a decision and then your entire life changes.
strong eye water
Customers are willing to try new things, and if you can survive, you will have fewer competitors. It's like entering the eye of the storm. As long as you are strong enough to survive, you can end up in still water by yourself.
roles ambiguity adviser
I had to learn to get comfortable in a role of ambiguity where I had to seek out advisers and learn quickly.
people leader helpful
The second thing I had to do was not to be reluctant as a leader...And when I started doing that, I realized that people are thriving from this, and that it's so much more helpful for people.
thinking artist entrepreneur
Designers + artists see potential in things where others do not. I think artists in many ways are the original entrepreneurs.
jobs successful numbers
Somebody asked me 'what's the job of a CEO', and there's a number of things a CEO does. What you mostly do is articulate the vision, develop the strategy, and you gotta hire people to fit the culture. If you do those three things, you basically have a company. And that company will hopefully be successful, if you have the right vision, the right strategy, and good people.
dream growing-up thinking
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.
scales teach
Do things that won't scale; it will teach you.