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What Seven Years at Airbnb Taught Me About Building a Business Create strong culture, stay laser-focused on problems, and set wildly ambitious goals In 2012, shortly after Airbnb acquired our startup, I overheard co-founder Joe Gebbia giving guidance to a designer tasked with redesigning the homepage. He said, "Build something the internet has never seen before." I vividly remember thinking, What does that even mean? And is this the bar for everything around here? Looking back, I've come to recognize that this mindset has been one of the key ingredients in Airbnb's historic growth. I first joined Airbnb as an engineer, then became one of the first members of the budding PM team. Back then, there were a couple dozen engineers, a few designers, and two very cute dogs. Over the next seven years, as the company scaled to thousands of global employees, countless cute dogs, and over $30 billion in value, I took on a lot of interesting problems and worked with many incredible people. Since leaving a few weeks ago, I've been jotting down my biggest lessons from these experiences. I've realized I should share these lessons with anyone else working to build a company. I can't promise they will all apply to your situation, but they have been core to Airbnb's success. More here Read TradeBriefs every day, for the top insights! Advertisers of the day Kellogg Executive Education: Kellogg's Senior Management Program | June 2019 | Enroll Now EMERITUS Institute of Management: Postgraduate Diploma in Innovation & Design Thinking program| Accepting Applications Our advertisers help fund the daily operations of TradeBriefs. We request you to accept our promotional emails. Get today's top stories here More Retail stories More Telecom stories More Finance stories More IT stories More Ecommerce stories More Digital stories More HR stories More Logistics stories More Construction stories More Marketing stories More Work stories More Life stories Get today's top stories here

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