Summary of Leigh Gallagher's The Airbnb Story

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#1 The story of how Airbnb came to be is well known in Silicon Valley. In 2004, two art school graduates, Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia, were part of a RISD-sponsored research project with the Conair Corporation. They designed hair dryers and other personal care products.

#2 The Conair internship marked the first time Chesky and Gebbia had worked together on a design project. They let their creativity run wild, but it wasn’t until they had to present their ideas that they realized just how wild they could be.

#3 Chesky was shipped off to Los Angeles to start his new life as an industrial designer. He was given a suit and a car, and his parents bought him a house in LA. But he soon realized that the job was not what he’d expected.

#4 In 2007, Chesky heard about a job opening at Method, a fast-growing home-products company with a focus on sustainability and award-winning packaging. He thought this could be his answer: it would get him to San Francisco, and the company’s values were more in line with his own. But in the end, he didn’t get the job.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669385509

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The story of how Airbnb came to be is well known in Silicon Valley. In 2004, two art school graduates, Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia, were part of a RISD-sponsored research project with the Conair Corporation. They designed hair dryers and other personal care products.

#2

The Conair internship marked the first time Chesky and Gebbia had worked together on a design project. They let their creativity run wild, but it wasn’t until they had to present their ideas that they realized just how wild they could be.

#3

Chesky was shipped off to Los Angeles to start his new life as an industrial designer. He was given a suit and a car, and his parents bought him a house in LA. But he soon realized that the job was not what he’d expected.

#4

In 2007, Chesky heard about a job opening at Method, a fast-growing home-products company with a focus on sustainability and award-winning packaging. He thought this could be his answer: it would get him to San Francisco, and the company’s values were more in line with his own. But in the end, he didn’t get the job.

#5

When Chesky arrived in San Francisco, he was told that the rent had increased by $150, and that it was due within a week. He had $1,000 in his bank account. They had been brainstorming various schemes to come up with the funds even while he was still in Los Angeles.

#6

The designers booked three guests: Kat, a thirtysomething designer based in Boston; Michael, a father of