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Chip Conley

12 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 3, 2025 by Chip Conley · said 3 times in 2 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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Aug 3, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Airbnb's average employee age was 26 when 52-year-old Chip Conley joined
“I was 52, the average age was 26.”
Chip Conley Aug 3, 2025 ▶ 6:14 Brian Chesky's secret mentor who scaled Airbnb (after dying 9 times & building a hotel empire)
Aug 3, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chip Conley had never used a Google Doc before joining Airbnb
“I'd never used a Google doc back then when I joined Airbnb.”
Chip Conley Aug 3, 2025 ▶ 37:24 Brian Chesky's secret mentor who scaled Airbnb (after dying 9 times & building a hotel empire)
Aug 3, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Brian Chesky sought out Chip Conley because he loved his book 'Peak'
“I had written a book called peak how great companies get their mojo from Maslow. And it was a book that Brian really liked. And part of the reason he wanted to reach out to me.”
Chip Conley Aug 3, 2025 ▶ 45:06 Brian Chesky's secret mentor who scaled Airbnb (after dying 9 times & building a hotel empire)
Aug 3, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chip Conley flatlined nine times in 90 minutes from an allergic reaction
“I went flatline from the allergic reaction to the antibiotic. And so I saw, you know, I, it happened nine times over 90 minutes and I kept dying, kept flatlining.”
Chip Conley Aug 3, 2025 ▶ 45:40 Brian Chesky's secret mentor who scaled Airbnb (after dying 9 times & building a hotel empire)
Aug 3, 2025
Disclosure
Chip Conley helped establish the governing board of Burning Man
“I helped found the board of Burning Man.”
Chip Conley Aug 3, 2025 ▶ 1:15:34 Brian Chesky's secret mentor who scaled Airbnb (after dying 9 times & building a hotel empire)
Aug 3, 2025
Insight
Avoid relying on slide decks when presenting to combustible startup founders
“PowerPoint or whatever, whatever tool you're using. I mean, like, just be careful about being overly reliant upon it. It just, it's. Especially when you have a combustible founder who may take you off path such that your deck in its current order makes no sens…”
Chip Conley Aug 3, 2025 ▶ 20:27 Brian Chesky's secret mentor who scaled Airbnb (after dying 9 times & building a hotel empire)
Aug 3, 2025 positive
Insight
Midlife tech workers are judged by their energy over their physical age
“When I talk to someone who's in midlife and wants to be in the tech world or already is, the thing I say is show up with curiosity and a passionate engagement for what you do. And people won't necessarily notice your wrinkles as much as they'll notice your ene…”
Chip Conley Aug 3, 2025 ▶ 31:36 Brian Chesky's secret mentor who scaled Airbnb (after dying 9 times & building a hotel empire)
Aug 3, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chesky initially hired Conley as a 15-hour-a-week mentor to Airbnb's founders
“Brian said, I want you to come in for and work 15 hours a week as a consultant, I want you to be my in-house mentor for both me and Joe and Nate and.”
Chip Conley Aug 3, 2025 ▶ 6:42 Brian Chesky's secret mentor who scaled Airbnb (after dying 9 times & building a hotel empire)
Aug 3, 2025 negative
Opinion
Ageism remains real in tech, but is slightly less ignored today
“Yeah, it, you know, it's clearly a problem. I'd say it's maybe a little bit less of a problem than it was a dozen years ago, because I think a dozen years ago, it was almost a blind spot.”
Chip Conley Aug 3, 2025 ▶ 27:28 Brian Chesky's secret mentor who scaled Airbnb (after dying 9 times & building a hotel empire)
Aug 3, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Research shows life satisfaction historically bottoms out between ages 45 and 50
“The other data point is something called the U curve of happiness. And it's been around for 20 years and it shows the following. It has changed in the last couple of years because young adults are unhappy like never before. So a 20 or a 22 year old really unha…”
Chip Conley Aug 3, 2025 ▶ 1:02:43 Brian Chesky's secret mentor who scaled Airbnb (after dying 9 times & building a hotel empire)
Aug 3, 2025
Insight
Align on goals upfront to anchor meetings with intense founders like Chesky
“You start with that because that actually helps to make sure there's alignment. And frankly, if there's not alignment, You might as well not have the meeting. Let's spend the rest of this meeting talking about alignment. That's what I would do because that's s…”
Chip Conley Aug 3, 2025 ▶ 19:26 Brian Chesky's secret mentor who scaled Airbnb (after dying 9 times & building a hotel empire)
Aug 3, 2025
Insight
Hiring for 'culture add' instead of 'culture fit' improves team diversity
“There's language about culture fit. I like to say culture add because culture fit to me means can actually be quite negative toward somebody who is the aberration. You have to fit in and especially if this is like a demographic thing, a person of color, a gay …”
Chip Conley Aug 3, 2025 ▶ 50:34 Brian Chesky's secret mentor who scaled Airbnb (after dying 9 times & building a hotel empire)
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