2min chapter

Crucible Moments cover image

Airbnb ft. Brian Chesky - Battling a copycat clone and rebuilding user trust to revolutionize travel

Crucible Moments

CHAPTER

Navigating a Crisis and Taking Swift Actions

This chapter delves into how a crisis affected the company and the strategies they employed to overcome it, including putting the IPO on hold, making tough decisions, and analyzing various forecasting scenarios. They talk about the unity among employees and measures like pausing marketing, cutting costs, reducing product line, and implementing layoffs. They also touch upon the difficulties in managing reservation requests and host payments.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode