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.
Hard truths about building in the AI era | Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures)
Lenny's Podcast
Co-founder and CEO of Airbnb. Mentioned as an example of constant drive and leadership.
Startup Investor School Day 3 Live Stream
Y Combinator
CEO of Airbnb, mentioned as an example of a founder whose early potential might not be obvious; also cited by Elad Gil as rapidly ramping into the CEO role.
AI era skills: Why cultivating agency matters more than job titles | Max Schoening (Notion)
Lenny's Podcast
Mentioned for the idea that you can change things around you because they are made by people no smarter than yourself.
Tokenmaxxing: How Top Builders Use AI To Do The Work Of 400 Engineers
Y Combinator
CEO of Airbnb, referenced for his concept of a '10-star experience' in product design, which Gary Tan adapted into an AI skill ('CEO plan').
I made $250M in one year. Here's what it actually cost me
My First Million
CEO of Airbnb, spotted at a gym discussing powerlifting and startups with the founder.
Why Zepto's Aadit Palicha Turned Down Stanford to Deliver Groceries
Y Combinator
CEO of Airbnb, whose concept of prioritizing customer experience was an inspiration for Zepto's strategy.
How to be a CEO when AI breaks all the old playbooks | Sequoia CEO Coach Brian Halligan
Lenny's Podcast
Mentioned as someone who rethought traditional talent acquisition strategies, emphasizing experienced talent and delegation.
The hidden pattern behind successful products | Mark Pincus (FarmVille, Words with Friends, & more)
Lenny's Podcast
Co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, mentioned for his approach of 'collecting winnings' rather than making bets with product launches, and his belief in doing things in non-scalable ways by hand.
Zynga Founder: Consumer Is Not Investible Right Now - Thats Why You Should Build It
Y Combinator
CEO of Airbnb, whose concept of 'Founder Mode' was discussed as a parallel to Pincus's ideas on leadership and presence.
If I was 25 with $0, I'd build this
My First Million
CEO of Airbnb, whose approach of 'doing it by hand first' before building software is cited as a method for testing product experience.