The Startup | What Entrepreneurs Can Learn from the Founders of Airbnb

Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia, the billionaire founders of Airbnb, met when they were just design students at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). During this time, they became good friends and discovered that together, they make a great team. By the end of their college, they initially went their own ways.

Until years later. While working for an industrial design firm in Los Angeles, Brian has missed the idealistic entrepreneurial spirit of his time at RISD. He then visited Joe, who at the time, worked in San Francisco as a graphic designer. Brian then fell in love with the city’s energy, creativity, and entrepreneurship, which made him decide to move to the Valley.

They eventually moved into a three-bedroom apartment in San Francisco together, with the idea in mind of ​​starting a company together. They shared an apartment that they could not afford, so they had to find a solution to pay the rent.  —read more—