SurveyMonkey’s Goldberg, Joyus’s Cassidy and Airbnb’s Chesky on Silicon Valley Innovation: The Full AsiaD Interview (Video)

A trio of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs give their take on its culture and commerce, and how they’re trying to export that as they venture into Asian markets.

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Brian Chesky, CEO and Co-founder of Airbnb, the popular online vacation rental site recently got a huge dose of funding and an equally large amount of controversy. How Airbnb can take the company to the next level, including across the world, while dealing with the kinds of challenges the small management team has to face will be an interesting topic for discussion.

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Airbnb Now Wants to Check Your Government ID

Airbnb is about to take a very big bet against anonymity.
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Payments Startup Balanced Raises $2 Million

Balanced, a startup that focuses on bringing payments systems to network-based companies like Airbnb and Kickstarter, announced Tuesday that it raised $2 million in venture capital. Andreessen Horowitz participated in the round, along with CollabFund and a number of current and former Facebook employees. The ten-person startup had already raised $1.4 million in funds from Ashton Kutcher, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky and Reddit CEO Yishan Wong, among others.

With Neighborhoods and Local Lounges, Airbnb Becomes a Fodor’s for Travel Booking

Two new features for the travel-based accommodation service are showing off the site’s larger ambitions.
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Airbnb Redesign Turns Site Into Airbnb Magazine

Airbnb today is redesigning its homepage and iPhone app to help people explore its inventory of places to stay.
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Airbnb’s Skyrocketing Growth Includes Four Million Nights Booked in 2011

Travelers have used Airbnb to book a total of five million guest nights over the past four years, staying in spare bedrooms and empty homes around the world.
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SurveyMonkey’s Goldberg, Joyus’s Cassidy and Airbnb’s Chesky on Silicon Valley Innovation: The Full AsiaD Interview (Video)

A trio of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs give their take on its culture and commerce, and how they’re trying to export that as they venture into Asian markets.
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SurveyMonkey’s Dave Goldberg, Joyus’s Sukhinder Singh Cassidy and Airbnb’s Brian Chesky: Highlights From AsiaD (Video)

Three Silicon Valley founders formed AllThingsD’s first-ever panel of entrepreneurs.
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What Bubble? SurveyMonkey’s Dave Goldberg, Joyus’s Sukhinder Singh Cassidy and Airbnb’s Brian Chesky

If you don’t want to call it a “bubble,” that’s up to you. But it’s clear that what’s happening in Silicon Valley is different from just about everywhere else. Three of its most interesting stars share their take on the scene, and explain how they’re trying to export it to Asia.
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