We're hard at work planning our upcoming live show, so we bring you this favorite from the last year: Airbnb. A chance encounter with a stranger gave Joe Gebbia an idea to help pay his rent. That idea grew into a company that now has more rooms than the biggest hotel chain in the world. PLUS in our postscript "How You Built That," we check back with Michael ... Show More
Jun 8
Shopify: Tobias Lütke. How a snowboarder built a $150 billion business (2019)
In 2004, German programmer Tobias Lütke was living in Ottawa with his girlfriend.An avid snowboarder, he wanted to launch an online snowboard shop, but found the e-commerce software available at the time to be clunky and expensive.So he decided to write his own e-commerce softwar ... Show More
58m 48s
Jun 4
Advice Line with Tim Ferriss (August 2025)
Entrepreneur, author, and podcaster Tim Ferriss joins Guy on the Advice Line to answer questions from three early-stage founders. Plus, Tim shares the inspiration behind his latest venture, Coyote—a 10-minute card game that encourages time spent with friends and family.First, Lau ... Show More
47m 25s
Jun 1
UGG: Brian Smith. How an epiphany, surfers, and $500 launched an iconic sheepskin footwear company.
In 1978, Brian Smith quit his accounting job in Australia and headed to California with a surfboard, some savings, and ambition. He figured California was where he’d find an idea or a product to bring back home to Australia to build a business. A year in, he was still looking.But ... Show More
1h 28m
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 2022
Rapid Response: How Airbnb.org is housing Ukrainian refugees, w/Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia
<p>Airbnb’s charitable arm, Airbnb.org, has committed to offer free, temporary housing for up to 100,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine. Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia joins Rapid Response to discuss how the company is deploying business tools for humanitarian benefit. He also shares how ... Show More
28m 29s
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
Sep 2023
The Airbnb Millionaire - A Guide to Building, Scaling, and Running a Successful Hospitality Investment Business | Michael Elefante (Replay)
<p dir="ltr">In this episode of the Millionaire Mindcast, we are joined by Michael Elefante, who shares his experience around how amazing AirBnB and hospitality are, what is the criteria for great hospitality assets, building social media presence, and a guide to building, scalin ... Show More
42m 13s
<p>Today is Wednesday, December 12, and we’re looking at Airbnb vs. housing developers. </p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19 ... Show More
