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“Build An Elite Navy Seals of Business” - Lessons from Airbnb’s Founder

Founder's Journal

Lessons from Brian Chesky: Efficiency and Intuition in Airbnb's Decision Making Process

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  • Airbnb has shipped 340 upgrades and innovations in the last 3 years
  • Airbnb did $3.5 billion in free cashflow with 5,300 employees in the last year
  • Airbnb is more efficient than Apple or Google in generating cashflow per revenue
  • Decision making in Airbnb starts being scientific and database-driven, and then evolves into being art and intuition based
  • Airbnb prioritizes customer problems by identifying and focusing on top 30 customer complaints

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