Next in our series of episodes from the How I Built This Summit: Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb. Joe sat down with Guy Raz in front of a live audience in San Francisco, and talked about why he and his co-founders pursued their idea despite overwhelming feedback that it would never work. We're publishing another two episodes from the Summit – so keep checki ... Show More
Jun 2021
364: The $100B Cereal Entrepreneur: Joe Gebbia of Airbnb
How do you raise capital for your startup? Well, if you ask the co-founder of Airbnb Joe Gebbia, he’ll tell you what worked for him:
Cereal.
That’s right, the company that started with a single air mattress and grew to a $100 billion empire was kept afloat by selling custom ... Show More
50m 40s
Mar 2022
Airbnb vs NYC | Operation Firestarter | 2
<p>By 2013, New York’s Attorney General is coming for Airbnb. And hoteliers, hotel worker unions, affordable housing activists and politicians come together to form an alliance against the home-sharing startup. Airbnb fights back in the courtroom — and the court of public opinion ... Show More
38m 20s
Mar 2022
Airbnb vs NYC | Pulling Back the Curtain | 4
<p>In 2022, you’d be hard-pressed to find somebody who hasn’t spent at least a couple of days in an Airbnb. It’s cheap, convenient and easy to use. But as you settle into your temporary home-away-from-home, you’re probably paying little mind to what’s playing out behind the scene ... Show More
35m 33s
Mar 2018
#301: Joe Gebbia – Co-Founder of Airbnb
<p>Joe Gebbia (<a href="https://twitter.com/jgebbia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jgebbia</a>) is a designer, entrepreneur, and global explorer. He is the co-founder and CPO of <a href="https://www.airbnb.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Airbnb</a>, wh ... Show More
2h 41m
Mar 2021
Justin Kan (Twitch Co-Founder) on Entrepreneurship and Living a Meaningful Life
Hey everyone - a bit of an 'in-between'-isode this week. In this episode, Ali talks to Justin Kan a renowned internet entrepreneur, investor and founder and the co-founder of Twitch, the video game streaming platform. He's also helped found a number of other platforms including S ... Show More
1h 26m