Joe Gebbia Quotes

Joe Gebbia

Profession : Designer

Birth : August 21, 1981

Scheduled shipping is one of many inventions that has made New York a global capital of innovation and creativity - from Willis Carrier's invention of air conditioning in Buffalo and George Eastman's breakthrough film technology in Rochester to the rise of hip-hop in the South Bronx and the world's first cell phone call in Midtown Manhattan.

Joe Gebbia

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

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

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Digital communication is completely different from in-person, face-to-face conversations. One will give you surface insights, and the other really gives you depth.

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At Airbnb, we're trying to build a culture that supports details, celebrates them, and gives our teams creative license to pursue them.

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The sharing economy is about making use of any idle resource out there. We do love seeing other sharing-economy companies flourish.

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What I've realized is that the joy of meeting and greeting people from all around the world is universal.

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The sharing economy is out of the bag - and it's not going to go back in.

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While the Cold War had us questioning our next-door neighbors, big brands emerged to capture our trust. We became consumers.

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A world-changing vision often necessitates a profound simplicity in the user experience.

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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.

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We expect Seoul to be one of our most important markets not only in Asia but around the world.

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What if cities embraced a culture of sharing? I see a future of shared cities that bring us community and connection instead of isolation and separation.

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What people demand is what the policies serve.

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Airbnb was born out of necessarity. Our rent went up. It was born out of a problem.

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Creating the future means having a global vision and an extreme focus on the approachability of what we're creating.

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I have the privilege of working with our in-house design studio, called Samara, and our humanitarian team, called Human. Samara is thinking about the future of Airbnb, and Human is working on ways to leverage our platform outside the cause of day-to-day business.

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Airbnb is about travel.

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Given Miami's unique role in Airbnb's roots, I'm particularly proud of how South Floridians have embraced home sharing as an opportunity to earn supplemental income and catalyze economic development in their communities.

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To me, 'design thinking' is another way of saying empathize with the customer. It's consideration for the person you're designing for.

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