# Nathan Blecharczyk

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From Air Mattresses to a $100 Billion Empire: The Unlikely Rise of Airbnb

Airbnb’s story begins in 2007 San Francisco, where roommates Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia, struggling to pay rent, rented out air mattresses in their apartment during a sold-out design conference. This act of desperation birthed AirBed & Breakfast, later rebranded as Airbnb, a platform connecting tr…

Startup Strategy: How Airbnb Bootstrapped a Global Brand — How I Built This⁠ ⁠​

In this episode, I'm diving into How I Built This by Guy Raz, exploring the incredible story of how Airbnb's cofounders bootstrapped their way to building one of the most recognizable brands in the world. I focused on the chapter detailing Airbnb's early days—when Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nath…

Morning Briefing | Teaser Day 2: Lea Jordan & Charlotte Lamp Davies

Inside the ITB Berlin Convention: In this Travel Hero Podcast Morning Briefing, Lea Jordan unpacks the convention theme “Leading Tourism into Balance,” explores how AI is reshaping travel, and highlights insights from leaders like Bruce Poon Tip and Nathan Blecharczyk. Listen in for the key takeawa…

Airbnb: Nathan Blecharczyk & Their First Advisor

Nathan Blecharczyk turned a social experiment into Airbnb: a company that would remake travel. But first, it had to survive.Before it reshaped an industry, Airbnb looked like an idea that shouldn’t work. In this episode, Nathan retraces the moments that almost killed the company: convincing people …

Airbnb Loves Hotels Now With Jesse Stein

Jesse Stein is the Global Head of Real Estate at Airbnb, a global travel platform that connects guests with unique places to stay and experiences worldwide. He joined Airbnb in 2020 and has played a key role in building partnerships that expand supply, from multifamily housing initiatives to hotel …

From near-failure to global giant: Airbnb's co-founder on how it all almost never happened

We are back! Our first guest of the new season is Airbnb co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer Nathan Blecharczyk. Airbnb now spans almost every country in the world. But there was a point early on where the team agreed: if things didn’t improve in 13 weeks, they’d quit. In our first episode of Se…

From Air Mattresses to a $100 Billion Company The Brian Chesky & Joe Gebbia Story

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How AirBnB Overcame All Odds | Tony Robbins Podcast

In this episode of the Tony Robbins Podcast, we are bringing back to Business Mastery one more time, where Tony recently led a panel discussion with the business leaders behind some of today’s fastest growing companies. And for this episode, you’re going to hear from one of the founders of a compan…

How a16z's Most Connected VC Picks Founders

Today I walk with David Haber, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. David co-founded Bond Street and sold it to Goldman Sachs, started his career working for the founder of Royalty Pharma and investing at Spark Capital, and helped open a16z's New York office. He gets into why he'd rather back th…

59: Joe Gebbia - Design We Deserve

Joe Gebbia (Website, X, LinkedIn, Wikipedia) is the first U.S. Chief Design Officer, leading the National Design Studio. He is also the co-founder of Airbnb and Samara. The NDS and this role were created by executive order of President Trump in August 2025. I met Joe Washington, D.C, to reflect on…