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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.
CEO and Co-Founder
Airbnb
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.
Posts With Brian Chesky
Filling Out Its Executive Team, Airbnb Hires Operations and HR Heads
Airbnb has hired Varsha Rao as head of global operations, and Mark Levy as head of employee experience.Airbnb Launches New Host Tools, in Bid to Be Known for Its Hospitality
While being careful not to imply that they currently do a bad job, Airbnb is now giving hosts a set of new tools and best practices.News Byte
Airbnb Fights New York Subpoena of User Data
Airbnb just got itself and one of its hosts out of a legal jam in New York City, but late on Friday the company was subpoenaed by the New York Attorney General in an effort to obtain user data that might indicate illegal rental activity. “[T]his demand is unreasonably broad and we will fight it with everything we’ve got,” the company said. Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky had tried to fend off regulators in advance with a blog post last week, but he did not make any major concessions. The company said it has 15,000 hosts in the city, and 225,000 members.Airbnb Now Wants to Check Your Government ID
Airbnb is about to take a very big bet against anonymity.News Byte