We start with the perfect experience and then work backward. That's how we're going to continue to be successful.

Don't listen to your parents.

If you want to create a great product, just focus on one person. Make that one person have the most amazing experience ever.

Designers + artists see potential in things where others do not. I think artists in many ways are the original entrepreneurs.

Whatever career you're in, assume it's going to be a massive failure. That way, you're not making decisions based on success, money and career. You're only making it based on doing what you love.

What I've been surprised by is not how different people are, but how similar they are. There are certain types of Airbnb people, and they are in every city in the world - it's just that in some cultures, there is more of a generational divide.

The stronger the culture, the less corporate process a company needs. When the culture is strong, you can trust everyone to do the right thing. People can be independent and autonomous. They can be entrepreneurial.