
Brian Chesky
CEO of Airbnb, with whom Justin McLeod discussed company culture and the reverse-engineering of culture from mission.
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Andrew Chen — Growth Secrets from Uber, Exploring the Metaverse, Startup Investing, and More
Tim Ferriss
CEO of Airbnb, featured on 'Masters of Scale' discussing the company's early hands-on approach to onboarding customers.

Team and Execution with Sam Altman (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 2)
Y Combinator
CEO of Airbnb, known for his intense commitment to hiring and company culture, including asking potential hires hypothetical life-or-death commitment questions.

Startup Investor School Day 1 Live Stream
Y Combinator
Co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, mentioned as an example of an incredible leader whose early potential might not be obvious but can be predicted by observing a founder's rapid rate of improvement.

How To Talk To Users | Startup School
Y Combinator
Co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, who conducted an experiment to live in 50 Airbnbs to gather user feedback.

YC Founders Made These Fundraising Mistakes
Y Combinator
CEO of Airbnb, shared advice with Y Combinator batch about money versus food analogy.

Startup Investor School Day 2 Live Stream
Y Combinator
Co-founder of Airbnb, who Paul Buchheit emailed about missing their demo day pitch.

Elizabeth Iorns at Female Founders Conference 2014
Y Combinator
CEO and co-founder of Airbnb, quoted on the principle of 'doing things that won't scale' because it provides valuable learning experiences.

Inside The Most Powerful Startup Community In The World
Y Combinator
Co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, who shared his experience of the intense, focused work period during Y Combinator that accelerated Airbnb's growth.

How to Raise Money with Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway, and Parker Conrad (HtSaS 2014: 9)
Y Combinator
Co-founder of Airbnb, whom Andreessen Horowitz was impressed with for his maturity and judgment.

How To Build The Future: Parker Conrad
Y Combinator
CEO of Airbnb, discussed in the context of 'founder mode' and the experience of having a company taken in directions he didn't intend.

Keith Rabois - How to Hire
The Art of Hiring
CEO of Airbnb, who taught Rabois lessons on developing taste in hiring and how to assess people's ability to think ahead.
