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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Airbnb CEO: “IT WAS SO DARK WE NEARLY DIED!”. I Was Lonely, Deeply Sad & Wanted To Be Loved! [INSPIRING!] Brian Chesky
Steven Bartlett is a British entrepreneur, investor, and author. He’s the founder of Flight Story – a media company – and Flight Fund, an investment fund backing the next generation of category-defining businesses.
He created The Diary Of A CEO to share the unfiltered pages of the personal diaries of the world’s most fascinating CEOs, experts, therapists, and leaders – with the hope that their lessons will help both you and him live better lives.
DOAC is a double acronym: Diary Of A CEO, but also Dreamers, Open-minded, Awareness, and Connection.This is your corner of the internet to dream boldly, think openly, expand your awareness, and feel more connected.
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Show Notes
If you enjoyed hearing about the highs and lows of creating the world’s biggest brands, I recommend you listen to my conversation with Spotify founder, Daniel Ek, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_35cUaU_NA
Is being an artist the secret behind running a Fortune 500 company?
In this new episode Steven sits down again with the co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, Brian Chesky.
Brian created ‘Airbed and Breakfast’ in 2007 with his college friend Joe Gebbia as a scheme to pay their rent. Cut to 2020, when Airbnb became a public company, with its initial public offering reaching $100 billion, one of the highest in history. Brian has been named by Forbes as one of America's Richest Entrepreneurs Under 40, and one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People.
In this conversation Brian and Steven discuss topics, such as:
His difficult childhood
Always feeling like an outsider and different
How his art teacher changed his life
The way industrial design shaped his career as a CEO
Always wanting to design his own world
Wanting to escape his childhood
His work addiction
Working as a way of finding love
How success is isolating
What no one told him about success
The need to fight to be connected with people
Why success won't fix you
How Obama changed his life
The life changing impact of one text message
His biggest regret
The impact of Walt Disney upon him
How creativity changes the world
Airbnb initially just being a way to pay the rent
How creativity beats data
Why more companies need creativity and heart
Why company culture is everything
The importance of leaders as examples
How your worst moments define you
Airbnb’s fight for survival
What he learned about true happiness
The world’s loneliness pandemic
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