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.
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.
thinking artist entrepreneur
Designers + artists see potential in things where others do not. I think artists in many ways are the original entrepreneurs.
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.
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.
strong passionate employee
Companies that hire employees..that are deeply passionate create companies that customers are really really passionate about, and those are the companies that have strong brands.
june homeless apartment
In June, 2010, I moved out of my apartment and I have been mostly homeless ever since,
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.
home june san-francisco
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.
cities people culture
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.
focus want that-one-person
If you want to create a great product, just focus on one person. Make that one person have the most amazing experience ever.
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.