87 Quotes by Joe Gebbia

Airbnb is about travel.

How do you convince somebody to host a stranger for the weekend? That's not a trivial thing. It's not something I think you can throw technology at, marketing at, or sales at. We threw design at it because that's all we knew, and in doing so, I feel like we brought a human touch to it, which is so needed.

Technology moves so quickly; you can't get comfortable with the business you have today because technology will progress.

There's this misconception globally that the platform is about property groups and big property owners renting out entire buildings full-time.

We've invented a new marketplace. There was no easy way to rent a person's bedroom over the Internet or book a vacation rental over the Internet. There was no guidebook for us to turn to as we defined this new marketplace.

When we go city by city, country by country, the majority of our hosts, our owners, are simply renting out their spare bedroom.

Sympathy relies on a common experience. If you're clumsy, you might have sympathy for others who tend to bump into things. Empathy, on the other hand, is the ability to understand another person's feelings even if you've never experienced them yourself.

I often stay in Tokyo's Daikanyama neighbourhood. You can go for a peaceful morning run along the Meguro river, and it is particularly incredible during cherry blossom season.

Airbnb has proven that hospitality, generosity, and the simple act of trust between strangers can go a long way.