The Airbnb Way: 5 Leadership Lessons for Igniting Growth through Loyalty, Community, and Belonging

Serve Your Neighbor

If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.

—African proverb

In 2018, Airbnb founder Brian Chesky wrote an “Open Letter to the Airbnb Community About Building a 21st Century Company.” In that letter, Chesky shared a vision of Airbnb serving all stakeholders and changing the world.

Chesky said Airbnb would adopt an open mindset with an infinite time horizon. In so doing, Airbnb could be more audacious, could assume greater social responsibility, and could commit to lasting change that improves society. ...