Joe Gebbia
18 statements across 4 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 17, 2016 by Joe Gebbia · said 14 times in 8 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
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brought up most by Guy Raz (7), Brian Chesky (6), Adam Grant (1)
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2021 1 mention in 1 episode
2020 7 mentions in 1 episode
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Oct 17, 2016 positive
Sequoia Capital proactively approached Airbnb to lead its funding round
“We had offers coming in from a variety of different groups, and the one that shocked us the most was Sequoia Capital, which was a pre, it is a preeminent Venture capital firm in Silicon Valley that we thought, well, maybe one day, like a year from now, we'll g…”
Oct 17, 2016 positive
Airbnb's weekly revenue doubled from $200 to $400 after improving listing photos
“Our numbers, that second week, Went from 200 dollars a week in fees, which is what we were making for six months, right? Which is not sustainable. Three guys cannot live off that in San Francisco. Our numbers jumped to 400 dollars in one week.”
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Oct 17, 2016 neutral
Dec 6, 2018
Gebbia sold 2,000 branded discarded proof books before founding Airbnb
“For like a year and a half, I just gathered these books, and I had the 2000 of these books in my garage down the street that I collected, and the cool thing is, everyone was different. No two were exactly the same, and then I came up with a rubber stamp. I gav…”
Dec 6, 2018
Gebbia used his personal phone number for early Airbnb customer support
“In a last minute decision, I threw my number up on the website as customer service. And my phone almost immediately started ringing. And from that point, for the next probably, gosh, I don't know, year and a half, I was very closely associated with customer se…”
Dec 6, 2018
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Dec 6, 2018
Gebbia: Top VCs behind Google and Facebook said Airbnb would never work
“I can tell you all the times and show you all the emails from really credible investors, like people that, these, they're investors that picked Google and PayPal and YouTube and Facebook and all of the kind of internet greats that came before us, and so sittin…”
Aug 13, 2020 neutral
Chesky: Airbnb raised $20K-$30K selling novelty cereal boxes in 2008
“Yeah, like 20 or 30,000. It was yeah, something like that. Joe told the story. We had to raise collectible breakfast cereal. We were air, bed, and breakfast. So we said, well, let's do collectible breakfast cereal for the Democratic-Republican National Convent…”
Jan 30, 2025
Gebbia: The Best Time to Raise Capital Is When You Don't Need It
“The best time to go raise money is when you don't need it. And so if you're in a position where you've got, you know, ramen profitability, where you're able to cover your expenses and your costs, and it's effectively unlimited runway. You have a unique advanta…”
Jan 30, 2025 positive
Jan 30, 2025 neutral
Jan 30, 2025 positive
Gebbia: Early-Stage Brands Should Prioritize Channel Reach Over Selectivity
“I think the idea is that eventually over time you build, build a brand that people recognize and you grow out of your reliance on the, on a platform like Amazon and have your own distribution channels that are independent. But I think at this stage, you know, …”