Is being an artist the secret behind running a Fortune 500 company?
In this new episode Steven sits down again with the co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, Brian Chesky.
Brian created ‘Airbed and Breakfast’ in 2007 with his college friend Joe Gebbia as a scheme to pay their rent. Cut to 2020, when Airbnb became a public company, with its initial public offering reaching $100 billion, one of the highest in history. Brian has been named by Forbes as one of America's Richest Entrepreneurs Under 40, and one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People.

In this conversation Brian and Steven discuss topics, such as:

His difficult childhood

Always feeling like an outsider and different

How his art teacher changed his life

The way industrial design shaped his career as a CEO

Always wanting to design his own world

Wanting to escape his childhood

His work addiction

Working as a way of finding love

How success is isolating

What no one told him about success

The need to fight to be connected with people

Why success won't fix you

How Obama changed his life

The life changing impact of one text message

His biggest regret

The impact of Walt Disney upon him

How creativity changes the world

Airbnb initially just being a way to pay the rent

How creativity beats data

Why more companies need creativity and heart

Why company culture is everything

The importance of leaders as examples

How your worst moments define you

Airbnb’s fight for survival

What he learned about true happiness

The world’s loneliness pandemic


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