So how did you take Airbnb from an idea in your mind to bring it into the world?

Well, that required the help of two incredible co-founders.

Now, Brian has this incredible ability to motivate people and get them excited and acting on ideas.

There was always this kind of spirit between him and I that if we were in the same room,

I always thought we could think of a big idea together.

And it left a deep impression on me.

Both of us at this point were unemployed, aspiring founders for something. Yeah. We didn't know what it was going to be. I was looking at a website for a design conference that we were going to go attend. It said in big red letters. It tells sold out. These host people on this airbed in college, pull it out. I blew it up, those aerobeds.

I put it on the floor, realized, wait, I blew it up, those aerobeds.

Yeah.

Put it on the floor, realized, wait, we've got room for like one or two more aerobeds.

And so email Brian and said, what do you think about renting out air beds to other designers

like us coming to the conference?

That night I was laying in bed and it's like, what are we going to call this?

They're sleeping on air beds.

Maybe it's an airbed in breakfast. Hi, welcome to the Katie Miller podcast. Today I'm joined by Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebia.

Joe, welcome to the pod.

Thanks, Katie.

It's great to be here.

So can you give us 30 seconds quickly about yourself and who you are?

And what are you doing in Washington, D.C.?

How did I get here?

I am a designer, entrepreneur, and I was always doing art as a kid. It brought me to art school

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