Rapid Response: Airbnb reimagined (Part 1), w/CEO Brian Chesky
Masters of Scale
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🗓️ 14 May 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
As Rapid Response begins a twice-weekly cadence, Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky returns to reveal how the company’s new Icons initiative points toward a surprising new chapter ahead. Host Bob Safian gets Chesky to open up about the mental struggles of being a high-profile CEO, plus the inside story behind Airbnb’s recent ad campaign targeting hotels. The pair cover so much, we’ve split the episode into two parts. Part 2 drops this Friday exclusively in the Rapid Response podcast feed. Make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Bob Safian. You've been hearing me as the host of rapid response in this feed for a few years now, |
| 0:07.8 | with short newsy interviews alongside the deeper dives of Masters of Scale. Well, I'm excited to share that rapid response is expanding into its own feed. |
| 0:17.0 | We'll be putting out shows twice a week, focusing on the urgent issues that business leaders are dealing with in real time. |
| 0:24.8 | So search for rapid response in your podcast player and subscribe to make sure you get all our episodes. |
| 0:31.2 | I'll see you on the other side. |
| 0:34.8 | The pandemic, you know, hit. |
| 0:38.5 | People were predicting this at the end of Airbnb. |
| 0:40.6 | Is Airbnb gonna exist? |
| 0:42.2 | And so my darkest moment, you were the first podcast I ever did, and you were the first person |
| 0:47.3 | I ever told the story too. |
| 0:49.0 | And I just really appreciate that, like, you and I have been on this journey. The next podcast I did was the |
| 0:54.7 | recovery to come back. Then the next one was the IPO and I would describe |
| 0:59.9 | this is the next chapter of Airbnb, Airman going Beyond Homes, and truly entering this new creative |
| 1:05.1 | place. |
| 1:06.1 | That's Brian Chesky, co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, who's about to take us into a deep, |
| 1:19.9 | revealing look into the Airbnb of today and of tomorrow. |
| 1:24.4 | We'll start with his approach to Airbnb's earnings releases, the most recent of which he announced |
| 1:29.1 | just a couple days ago, and then we'll dig into Airbnb's new initiatives around icon stays, inspired by the Barbie Malibu Dream House and surprise, that program offers a hint about how Airbnb will be moving into new creative places. |
| 1:44.6 | We'll also talk about what he and Apple's long time designer Johnny Ive have been |
| 1:49.9 | collaborating on, how he's applying AI to Airbnb. |
| 1:53.7 | Plus Brian talks about his biceps and his bodybuilding |
| 1:56.7 | regimen and more. |
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