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“I think we've always thought that it's important to have a positive relationships with local government rather than taking a confrontational kind of stance.”
“I don't like asking people for things, so if I can do it myself, that's the mindset I have. My dad is very much a do-it-yourself kind of person, so I had a strong sense of independence.”
“We're a provider of experiences, not strictly accommodation.”
“More efficient workers are always in an employer's best interest.”
“I don't feel like my life happens to me. I feel like I happen to my life. I feel that I'm in the driver's seat.”
“Some hotels are trying to dig their feet in and trying to say that Airbnb shouldn't exist - that 'illegal hotels' shouldn't exist. And, of course, illegal hotels shouldn't exist. But when they say illegal hotels, sometimes they mean anything that's not a hotel.”
“Airbnb is creating a new marketplace for space and is facing many of the challenges that eBay faced back in 1998 when they created a new marketplace for goods.”
“I don't like spending money.”
“Deviants from around the world are trying to 'beat' our system every day. We have to proactively identify suspicious behavior and quarantine users until additional verification steps can be taken.”
“With commerce comes fraud.”
“Airbnb is built on the foundation of creating community through belonging, and we're honored to stand with a bipartisan group of mayors and businesses from across the country dedicated to improving communities by addressing affordable housing and homelessness.”
“Our interest isn't in just serving the guests and hosts. We need to serve the entire community. If that means we have to take action against the host, we will.”
“I like to keep things simple.”
“Talking to hosts and asking them, 'What does Airbnb mean to you?'... I get amazingly heartfelt stories about the people that they met, about the money that they earned, about the mindset of empowerment they got through this and how they then applied that to their own business.”
“We make every one of our users sign a pledge when they sign up that they will not discriminate, that they will not exhibit hatred. Whenever we become aware of such an example, they're permanently banned.”
“Ultimately, what we're trying to do for our customers or our guests is create magical travel experiences.”
“We're really creating a whole different kind of travel experience. One that really celebrates the different places, different cultures, the different cities and immerses you in that culture.”
“What we've demonstrated is there's an immense appetite to travel more authentically and immerse yourself in culture... as opposed to having a commoditised experience.”
“Silicon Valley is super competitive and super expensive for talent, for office space, for everything.”
“We have to be careful that we don't have so much regulation that would prevent all of the people who are benefiting from Airbnb to benefit.”