Joe Gebbia Quotes

Joe Gebbia

Profession : Designer

Birth : August 21, 1981

You have to know what your users are experiencing.

Joe Gebbia

In general, we believe in regulation - just as long as it is fair and balanced.

Joe Gebbia

The question that I can't shake - it's this question that keeps coming up for me - is What does the shared home of the future look like? People are sharing homes at a rate that no one ever predicted, but residences and homes weren't designed for it. They were designed around ideas of privacy and separation.

Joe Gebbia

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.

Joe Gebbia

High reputation beats high similarity.

Joe Gebbia

Airbnb is about the nexus of the online and offline to create the perfect customer experience.

Joe Gebbia

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

Joe Gebbia

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

Joe Gebbia

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.

Joe Gebbia

In a lot of ways, the real learning at RISD happened after-hours when you're working side by side with your colleagues.

Joe Gebbia

Everything at Airbnb is a continuation of what it's like to be a guest in somebody's house. We think about how each stage makes people feel.

Joe Gebbia

The story of Airbnb is really the underdog story in many ways.

Joe Gebbia

Since the very beginning, we wanted to create an experience for our guests: more than just a place to sleep. We wanted to cook breakfast in the morning; we wanted to provide a subway map for our guests. Pick them up from the airport.

Joe Gebbia

For an international business such as ours, you can't localise without a local. That was a hard lesson for us. We had to be closer, physically present, which is when we put teams on the ground.

Joe Gebbia

When the car was introduced in 1908, people could experience a brand new way to travel that was more efficient than a horse and buggy. Can you believe that cities tried to outlaw cars in the United States? Can you imagine driving a car for a year then having to go back to a horse and buggy?

Joe Gebbia

We believe that the best solutions come from solving your own problem. If you have a real problem, there's likely someone else who can relate. That's how Airbnb was born.

Joe Gebbia

Airbnb is a trusted online marketplace for people to list, discover, and book unique accommodations around the world. From a private room to a private island, we offer an entertaining and personal way for travelers to unlock local experiences and see their surroundings through the eyes of a local.

Joe Gebbia

As Chief Product Officer, I lead our product team to create simple, intuitive user experiences.

Joe Gebbia

Design has always been a driving force in my life: it's the lens through which I experience the world.

Joe Gebbia

Starting a company in San Francisco when we did usually meant it was destined to be a data-driven tech company. But that didn't seem to fully encompass what we wanted with Airbnb. When we tried looking through a tech lens, it didn't work. The humanity was missing.

Joe Gebbia