Joe Gebbia Quotes

Joe Gebbia

Profession : Designer

Birth : August 21, 1981

I've experienced firsthand the disconnect between furniture, their environments, and the way people work.

Joe Gebbia

There's no reason any company should be limited by its physical environment.

Joe Gebbia

Any time there is a new idea, it can take some time for policy to catch up to it.

Joe Gebbia

We have seen things in the twentieth century like the ATM machine, the VCR, and even the car. The electric car was invented in 1920, and here we, 100 years later, it is only now becoming an actual thing. So it doesn't surprise me that new ideas are met with a lot of questions.

Joe Gebbia

When trust works out right, it can be absolutely magical.

Joe Gebbia

We're a community-driven brand, but at the same time, we want every host in every home to recognize that they're all individuals, and to use Airbnb as an expression of their individuality.

Joe Gebbia

In the post-war United States, you had this race to the suburbs. Cities shrank, the suburbs got bigger - and the notion of community changed drastically. You went from all being very close together to all being spaced apart and slightly suspicious of one another.

Joe Gebbia

The hotel industry is a very modern invention - it only really started to become branded in the 1950s.

Joe Gebbia

Airbnb has grown thanks to our hosts creating memorable experiences and inspiring their guests to be hosts in their hometowns.

Joe Gebbia

Staying at Airbnb listings gives me the opportunity to truly understand and experience the local culture of the countries I visit.

Joe Gebbia

For me, one of my personal inspirations was designers in the mid-20th century named Charles and Ray Eames.

Joe Gebbia

We built a basic website, and Air Bed and Breakfast was born. Three lucky guests got to stay on a $20 airbed on the hardwood floor. But they loved it. And so did we. We took them on adventures around the city.

Joe Gebbia

Every apartment I've ever lived in has had a space to make, create, and get stuff done within eyesight of my bed.

Joe Gebbia

When it comes to technology and the home, I really don't want to see any of it.

Joe Gebbia

People assume that the smarter your home, the better your life, but in reality, technology so often gets in the way of leading a good life.

Joe Gebbia

Cities are a melting pot for different ideas, and diversity brings a high-energy rhythm that I don't think we'd know was gone until it was too late.

Joe Gebbia

The fear of mistakes is the fast track to irrelevance.

Joe Gebbia

Of course Airbnb made mistakes the first year! Some came from our own preconceptions. When we started, we designed our interface for ourselves, Internet-savvy twentysomethings. We never considered the role of good eyesight in our interface - font size, vernacular; it all matters.

Joe Gebbia

We encourage employees to ship new features on day one, which immediately encourages them to come up with something creative and different.

Joe Gebbia

We hire people who are smarter than us.

Joe Gebbia