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I'll never forget my first Art Basel. Joe Gebbia

Art First Never Never Forget Forget

Given Miami's unique role in Airbnb's roots, I'm particularly proud of how South Floridians have embraced home sharing as an opportunity to earn supplemental income and catalyze economic development in their communities. Joe Gebbia

In New York, ingenuity goes hand-in-hand with the hustle to survive. Joe Gebbia

Hustle New Hand-In-Hand Survive York Goes New York To Survive Ingenuity

We started Airbnb because, like many across the U.S. and in New York, we were struggling to pay our rent and decided to open up our living room to fellow artists coming to town for a design conference. Sharing our apartment allowed us to stay in our home and start our company. Joe Gebbia

Home Pay Living Design Our Airbnb Stay Struggling Open Allowed Sharing New Town Like Fellow Because Rent Coming Were Up Conference York Artists New York Decided Apartment Room Us Across Many Company Living Room Start Started

Any time there is a new idea, it can take some time for policy to catch up to it. Joe Gebbia

Time Some Take Catch Idea New Policy New Idea Up Any

Design can overcome our most deeply rooted stranger-danger bias. Joe Gebbia

Overcome Design Our Most Bias Rooted Deeply

We expect Seoul to be one of our most important markets not only in Asia but around the world. Joe Gebbia

World Important Our Markets Only Most Around Expect Asia

Dog-fooding is using your own products so that you understand from inside out what it is you're providing the customers. It's another way to gain insights and to gain intelligence. You use it yourself; you eat your own dog food. Every time we do that, we discover something that we can improve. Joe Gebbia

Time Food You Yourself Dog Intelligence Own Every Every Time Way Out Inside Inside-Out Eat Insights Something Another Another Way Understand Dog Food Discover Providing Improve Gain Customers Use Your Products Using

I have the privilege of working with our in-house design studio, called Samara, and our humanitarian team, called Human. Samara is thinking about the future of Airbnb, and Human is working on ways to leverage our platform outside the cause of day-to-day business. Joe Gebbia

Future Business Cause Design Thinking Our Airbnb Ways About Outside Studio Day-To-Day Privilege Human Working Team Platform Humanitarian Leverage

For me, one of my personal inspirations was designers in the mid-20th century named Charles and Ray Eames. Joe Gebbia

Me Charles Inspirations Ray Named Personal Century Designers

When it comes to technology and the home, I really don't want to see any of it. Joe Gebbia

Home Technology See Any Want Really

The fear of mistakes is the fast track to irrelevance. Joe Gebbia

Fear Mistakes Track Fast

Of course Airbnb made mistakes the first year! Some came from our own preconceptions. When we started, we designed our interface for ourselves, Internet-savvy twentysomethings. We never considered the role of good eyesight in our interface - font size, vernacular; it all matters. Joe Gebbia

Good Made First Mistakes Year Matters Own Our Considered Airbnb Ourselves Eyesight Some Never Course Came Vernacular Role Preconceptions Size Interface Designed Started

It's about more than making money; it's about connecting people in countries all around the world. Our social mission is to get people meeting each other, and we need people who align with that purpose. Joe Gebbia

People World Money Other Meeting Our Align All-Around About More Purpose Countries Mission Around Making Making Money Than Get Social Who Connecting Each Need

In the future, we will see living experiences curated around a shared lifestyle. Joe Gebbia

Future Will Living See Lifestyle Shared Around Experiences

What people demand is what the policies serve. Joe Gebbia

People Demand Policies Serve

In a lot of ways, the real learning at RISD happened after-hours when you're working side by side with your colleagues. Joe Gebbia

You Learning Side Ways Colleagues Real Lot Happened Working Your

The story of Airbnb is really the underdog story in many ways. Joe Gebbia

Airbnb Ways Underdog Story Really Many

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