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S6E6: Brian Chesky on Crisis Management

Stanford GSB: View From The Top

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What's the Story Behind Airbnb?

Brian Chesky: I didn't know there would be visuals today. This is going to be... Oh, God. Thank you. The founding story of your company will be familiar to many in the audience. But as a quick refresher, could you walk us through the origin of Airbnb? He says he was born like 100 years too late for what he wanted to do. And then one day his boss came to him and said, "You're going to be a reality TV show"

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