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Dec 2018
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Airbnb's Joe Gebbia At The HIBT Summit

Guy Raz | Wondery
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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
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