Airbnb CEO: “IT WAS SO DARK WE NEARLY DIED!”. I Was Lonely, Deeply Sad & Wanted To Be Loved! [INSPIRING!] Brian Chesky

You lose 80% of your business. In eight weeks. And I knew. There were questions. Is this the end of Airbnb? Will Airbnb exist? Brian Testy, founder and CEO of the$100 billion company. Airbnb, one of the most successful and most disruptive companies in the world. Airbend and Breakfast was just a way to keep paying rent before we came up with the big idea. We did not think Airbend and Breakfast would be a company where four million people a night would use.

Don't focus on the mountaintop. Focus on the first step. A lot of breakthrough ideas don't seem breakthrough at the time. They seem crazy. And people tend to overestimate what they can do in a year and underestimate what they can do in 10 years. Ten years is a profoundly long period of time if you're disciplined and focused. And you can have a small idea, a small dream, and you can build something vast. Airbnb is gonna IPO and then disaster strikes. And the coronavirus emergency. Stay at home. Stay at home. You lose eighty percent of your business in eight weeks. And I knew There were questions.

Is this the end of Airbnb? Will Airbnb exist? We had to make some incredibly difficult decisions. So I write this letter to the entire company.

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