The Airbnb Story
How to Disrupt an Industry, Make Billions of Dollars … and Plenty of Enemies
$41.25
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
2 April 2018
Summary
The inside, behind-the-scenes story of Airbnb — the company reshaping how we travel.
“An engrossing story of audacious entrepreneurism.” — Charles Duhigg “Captures the remarkable journey of Airbnb exceedingly well.” — Reid Hoffman “Fast-paced, fun dive into one of the seminal firms of our time.” — Rana Foroohar
In 2008, two broke art school graduates and their coder-whiz friend set up a platform that, in less than a decade, became one of the largest providers of accommodations…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753545591 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753545594 |
| Author: | Leigh Gallagher |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Virgin Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 2 April 2018 |
| Weight: | 178g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 128mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
An engrossing story of audacious entrepreneurism and big-industry disruption, The Airbnb Story is a tale for our times.
An engrossing story of audacious entrepreneurism and big-industry disruption, The Airbnb Story is a tale for our times. * Charles Duhigg, author of bestsellers Smarter Faster Better and The Power of Habit *
Gallagher captures the remarkable journey of Airbnb exceedingly well; she takes readers from its earliest and scrappiest days through becoming an enduring company with a brand beloved by millions around the world. * Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn *
A fast paced, fun dive into one of the seminal firms of our time; through the tale of Airbnb, Leigh Gallagher shows us how the sharing economy can be a force for emotional connection – as well as for social and business disruption. * Rana Foroohar, Financial Times columnist and CNN global economic analyst *
A must-read for anyone who has wondered where Airbnb came from and where this highly popular and very disruptive company might be headed. Leigh Gallagher takes you on a journey from the idea all the way to the company’s current multi-billion dollar valuation * Bethany McLean, co-author of bestsellers The Smartest Guys in the Room and All the Devils Are Here *
Leigh Gallagher has written a compelling history of Airbnb’s journey from a crazy, it-will-never-work idea to becoming a totally disruptive force * Tony Hsieh, bestselling author of Delivering Happiness and CEO of Zappos.com, Inc. *
‘The Airbnb Story’ does yeoman’s work explaining the Airbnb phenomenon to the uninitiated * San Francisco Chronicle *
Leigh Gallagher
Leigh Gallagher is Senior Editor at Large at Fortune magazine, where she writes and edits feature stories and is a co-chair of the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit and Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference. She is a seasoned business commentator, appearing regularly on news programmes and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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