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Having a clear mission and ma...

Having a clear mission and making sure you know that mission and making sure that mission comes through the company is probably the most important thing you can do for both culture and values.

Brian Chesky 36 quotes

There's no such thing as a go...

There's no such thing as a good or bad culture, it's either a strong or weak culture. And a good culture for somebody else may not be a good culture for you.

Brian Chesky 36 quotes

Whatever career you're in, as...

Whatever career you're in, assume it's going to be a massive failure. That way, you're not making decisions based on success, money and career. You're only making it based on doing what you love.

Brian Chesky 36 quotes

In June, 2010, I moved out of...

In June, 2010, I moved out of my apartment and I have been mostly homeless ever since.

Brian Chesky 36 quotes

The second thing I had to do ...

The second thing I had to do was not to be reluctant as a leader...And when I started doing that, I realized that people are thriving from this, and that it's so much more helpful for people.

Brian Chesky 36 quotes

Designers + artists see poten...

Designers + artists see potential in things where others do not. I think artists in many ways are the original entrepreneurs.

Brian Chesky 36 quotes

Everyone's got a moment or tw...

Everyone's got a moment or two in their life where something happens and you make a decision and then your entire life changes.

Brian Chesky 36 quotes

Companies that hire employees...

Companies that hire employees..that are deeply passionate create companies that customers are really really passionate about, and those are the companies that have strong brands.

Brian Chesky 36 quotes

[On culture] It's living the ...

[On culture] It's living the core values when you hire; when you write an email; when you are working on a project; when you are walking in the hall.

Brian Chesky 36 quotes

Brand is really the connectio...

Brand is really the connection between you and your customersif you have a very strong culture, then the brand will come through.

Brian Chesky 36 quotes

Every day I would wake up and...

Every day I would wake up and think, 'Today is another missed opportunity to do something important.' After enough days like this, you start feeling like you are getting old, even when you are relatively young. We are all natural entrepreneurs, and being manacled to a desk job is not for us.

Brian Chesky 36 quotes

A company's culture is the fo...

A company's culture is the foundation for future innovation. An entrepreneurs job is to build the foundation

Brian Chesky 36 quotes

People went to Dell for the c...

People went to Dell for the computers, but they go to Apple for everything… That’s the difference between a transactional company and a transformational one.

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It's better to have 100 peopl...

It's better to have 100 people love you than to have 1,000,000 people like you.

Brian Chesky 36 quotes

We start with the perfect exp...

We start with the perfect experience and then work backward. That's how we're going to continue to be successful.

Brian Chesky 36 quotes

The stronger the culture, the...

The stronger the culture, the less corporate process a company needs. When the culture is strong, you can trust everyone to do the right thing. People can be independent and autonomous. They can be entrepreneurial.

Brian Chesky 36 quotes

Somebody asked me 'what's the...

Somebody asked me 'what's the job of a CEO', and there's a number of things a CEO does. What you mostly do is articulate the vision, develop the strategy, and you gotta hire people to fit the culture. If you do those three things, you basically have a company. And that company will hopefully be successful, if you have the right vision, the right strategy, and good people.

Brian Chesky 36 quotes

What I've been surprised by i...

What I've been surprised by is not how different people are, but how similar they are. There are certain types of Airbnb people, and they are in every city in the world - it's just that in some cultures, there is more of a generational divide.

Brian Chesky 36 quotes

Unless you have fixed costs, ...

Unless you have fixed costs, you don't need any capital to create a prototype. Ideally, your co-founders, with sweat equity, can create the product themselves.

Brian Chesky 36 quotes

Think of the imagination as a...

Think of the imagination as a giant stone from which we carve out new ideas. As we chip away, our new ideas become more polished and refined. But if you start by editing your imagination, you start with a tiny stone.

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