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☆ Product managers rule Silicon Valley. Not everyone is happy about it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Amanda Hoover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Several companies, from Airbnb to Snap, are now reconsidering the utility of product managers entirely, while others claim that the product manager's reign will only expand in the age of AI. Advertisement"The shift in power moved from engineering to product managers," says Hubert Palan, the CEO of Productboard, a company that provides software for product managers. "The product manager is at the center of everything," says Avi Siegel, a former product manager who's working on his own startup, Momentum. Whether their coworkers are happy about it or not, product managers are gaining recognition. "The future really does belong to product managers," says Frank Fusco, a product manager turned CEO of a software company called Silicon Society.

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☆ We're overhauling our Bullpen watchlist — 3 stocks are gone, the rest stick around
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

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☆ Airbnb CEO says most employees don't want full autonomy at work — and those that do should start their own companies
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I think their actions don't say the same thing," he told Fortune. Chesky, who inspired the term "founder mode," says those seeking autonomy should be entrepreneurs. The Airbnb CEO recently spoke with Fortune about the "founder mode" model of leadership. But I don't think people for the most part want to be disintegrated. AdvertisementHe said that his operating in founder mode "flies in the face of everything we're taught about modern leadership."

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☆ Airbnb hosts with a lot of properties get lower ratings from guests, CEO Brian Chesky said
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-09 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said properties run by people with many listings had lower average ratings. Chesky told The Verge's Decoder podcast that small-scale hosts give guests a "local feel." AdvertisementAirbnb CEO Brian Chesky said last week that hosts with more rental properties don't always get the best reviews. Advertisement"If anyone's listening and they work at or are a third-party property manager, we love the ones guests love," he told The Verge. "Although the average rating across the board isn't as high, there are some unbelievable property managers, and we love them."

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☆ The 4 most interesting things from Airbnb's earnings
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Airbnb reported earnings after the market closed on Thursday. AdvertisementAirbnb's third-quarter earnings report showed that the company keeps growing — and that 2025 will be the year it breaks into a new business. Here are the highlights from the earnings report:Airbnb's third-quarter revenue grew despite a slow startAirbnb's revenue for the quarter rose 10% to $3.73 billion. Bookings were slow early in the quarter but picked up later, CEO Brian Chesky said on Thursday's earnings call. "We'll remain focused on accelerating growth while preparing for Airbnb's next chapter, which will take us beyond accommodations," the press release read.

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☆ Airbnb misses on earnings but squeaks in a revenue beat
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-07 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Airbnb reported third-quarter earnings on Thursday that were shy of analyst estimates, though it squeaked in a small revenue beat. Here's how the company did:Earnings per share: $2.13 vs. $2.14 expected by LSEG$2.13 vs. $2.14 expected by LSEG Revenue: $3.73 billion vs. $3.72 billion expected by LSEGRevenue increased 10% from $3.4 billion a year earlier. Airbnb reported net income of $1.37 billion, or $2.13 per share, compared with $4.37 billion, or $6.63 per share, in the same period last year. Gross booking value, used by Airbnb to track host earnings, service fees, cleaning fees and taxes, totaled $20.1 billion in the third quarter. That's above the $19.9 billion expected by analysts, according to StreetAccount.

Persons: Brian Chesky, Airbnb, Airbnb's, StreetAccount Organizations: Airbnb Inc, LSEG, LSEG Revenue, StreetAccount Locations: Los Angeles , California

☆ Brian Chesky breaks down what people get wrong about 'founder mode'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"Founder mode" is not about "swagger," says one of the founders who popularized it. Here's what he says most people get wrong about "founder mode" and how he actually defines it. AdvertisementBrian Chesky helped popularize the term "founder mode," but he says some people have gotten it twisted. The term "founder mode" was popularized in September by Y Combinator founding partner Paul Graham, who wrote that Chesky inspired it. "First of all, people don't know what founder mode is," Chesky said on the podcast.

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☆ Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky: 'New phase' of growth will see company launching new businesses each year
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAirbnb CEO Brian Chesky: 'New phase' of growth will see company launching new businesses each yearBrian Chesky, Airbnb co-founder and CEO, joins CNBC's Money Movers' to discuss the company's new guest and host features, his growth outlook as the company broadens, and more.

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☆ Duolingo CEO explains his approach to 'founder mode' — and what happens when executives disagree
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Jaures Yip | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn talked about his data-driven approach to "founder mode." A debate over founder mode was recently sparked by Paul Graham's essay advocating hands-on leadership. AdvertisementAmid the wider debate in Silicon Valley about how a CEO should run their company, Duolingo's chief executive is siding with a data-driven approach to founder mode. "Yes, I am in that mode, but we have a number of people who could probably play that role as well," von Ahn said when asked about founder mode. While this my-way-or-the-highway approach feels very indicative of founder mode, arguments rarely happen between the three executives, von Ahn said in the interview.

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☆ Where are Gen Z's tech founders?
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Amanda Hoover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

So where are Gen Z's tech founders? Gen Z founders and would-be founders are stepping into a vastly different tech world from that of their predecessors — a world where launching a unicorn is far more difficult, and publicly scrutinized, than it was for the garage-band generation of Jobs and Gates. Gen Z is coming of age in an era when the same Big Tech companies are diffuse and dominant. In other words, millennial founders ran so that Gen Z founders could walk. Perhaps we won't see Gen Z founders standing before a crowd and unveiling their latest shiny products anytime soon.

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“There isn’t anything that we don’t need right now,” said Tim Love, a volunteer at the center. The destruction of major roads, combined with the natural terrain of the southern Appalachians, have made the rapid distribution of aid an ongoing challenge. The devastation in North Carolina and Tennessee has left two major interstates, Interstate 40 and Interstate 26, largely closed down and inaccessible. According to data from the North Carolina Department of Transportation, the entire western border of the state has limited access. Hundreds of road incidents across the region have made numerous roadways blocked and inaccessible due to the damage.

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A leaked internal guidebook from MrBeast is being passed around the tech world. Tech workers and investors are digging into the YouTuber's views on hiring, managing, and more. Related storiesA hardcore founder who writes like a real personMrBeast's guidebook is the latest "hardcore" corporate document to go viral in the tech world. "Leaked internal emails and memos are religious texts for the tech world," Alder said. Donaldson's casual, unpretentious writing style was a big factor in helping it spread across the tech world, industry insiders told BI.

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☆ Sam Altman is joining forces with design guru Jony Ive and Steve Jobs' widow to build a new AI device company
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewOpenAI CEO Sam Altman is working on a new AI device startup with former Apple design chief Jony Ive and Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of the late Apple founder Steve Jobs. Marc Newson, who cofounded LoveFrom with Ive, told The Times that they were still figuring out the product and its release date. Advertisement"I'm interested in this topic, I think it is possible," Altman told The Journal's tech columnist Joanna Stern at the event. Notably, Altman told Stern in October 2023 that he didn't think AI devices would eclipse smartphones. Related storiesFormer Apple employees Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno cofounded their own AI startup, Humane in 2019 and launched their first product, the Ai Pin in November.

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☆ Big Tech companies are getting flatter. Mark Zuckerberg explained why over a year ago.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Go to newsletter preferencesSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. The move furthers the Big Tech trend of flattening org charts that Mark Zuckerberg and others like Elon Musk have talked about in recent years while preaching the need for efficiency. Related stories"I don't think you want a management structure that's just managers managing managers, managing managers, managing managers, managing the people who are doing the work," the Meta CEO reportedly said in an internal meeting in January 2023. Before Meta's layoffs, Zuckerberg said he inquired about the average number of direct reports each manager had at Meta and learned it was around three to four. AdvertisementBut if Amazon is following Meta and other Big Tech companies' lead — don't be surprised if a middle-management culling is on the horizon.

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☆ What is ‘founder mode?’ The meaning behind the latest Silicon Valley buzzword
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —The battle over “founder mode” versus “manager mode” is one of those manufactured dramas that only a small segment of the world cares about — like going to Davos or Cannes or the Vanity Fair Oscar Party. The idea is that a founder knows their company the way a parent knows their child. Graham doesn’t really define founder mode because every founder and every firm is different. I’ll offer another: Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater, one of the world’s biggest hedge funds. The most successful “founder mode” guys (they’re almost all male, as far as I can tell) seemed to always have a trusted manager by their side.

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☆ 4 things an executive learned from reporting to Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-04 | by ( Jaures Yip | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewDuring his decade at Airbnb, Vlad Loktev picked up some pointers from CEO Brian Chesky. Although Loktev noted that their booking numbers were up and things appeared to be running smoothly, the CEO responded, "Things are just too calm. Loktev said he learned from how Chesky strategically inserted some disarray into an otherwise calm process. And he learned it from Chesky, whom Loktev said would continuously grow. AdvertisementIt's not about hitting the goalWhen it came to thinking big, Loktev said Chesky taught him how to rethink big goals.

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☆ Travel isn’t dead. It’s just taking a vacation
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-19 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —CEOs of many of the biggest US hotel and travel companies are coming off a bit like doomsayers these days with their warnings about the declining health of consumers and their waning appetite for travel. Gary Hershorn/Getty ImagesMuch of the revenue growth that travel companies reported in recent years resulted from inflation, said David Tinsley, a senior economist at Bank of America Institute. “It was always going to be tough to expect travel spending to be showing the kind of momentum it showed 12 months ago,” he told CNN. “I don’t think the current situation is particularly bleak — it’s reasonable to see more normalization playing out,” he said, referring to travel spending getting back on par with pre-pandemic trends. Still, it’s not hard to see why this mixed picture is prompting travel companies to tread carefully.

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☆ Airbnb's struggles go beyond people spending less. They're losing some travelers to hotels.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

But Brown told Business Insider that more recent disappointing experiences with short-term rentals have led to a change of heart. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. It's a far cry from the record-setting demand Airbnb saw immediately following COVID-19 lockdowns, when travelers craved private homes and acres of outdoor space. Hotels are winning over travelers in some areasDemand for Airbnbs is stalling or slipping in some categories where hotels are competitive, according to AirDNA. "I'm going to go check hotels and see if this is actually the best value," he told Business Insider.

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☆ Airbnb shares drop 14% on earnings miss as company warns of slowing U.S. demand
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky speaks at The Fast Company Innovation Festival on September 21, 2022, in New York. Airbnb shares dropped 14% in after-hours trading after the company reported second-quarter earnings that missed analyst expectations and warned that it's seeing signs of slowing demand from U.S. customers. Here's how the company did compared to LSEG estimates for the quarter ended June 30:Earnings per share: $0.86 versus $0.92 expected. Revenue: $2.75 billion versus $2.74 billion expected. It also cautioned that it was "seeing shorter booking lead times globally and some signs of slowing demand from U.S.

Persons: Brian Chesky, Airbnb Organizations: Revenue, Asia Pacific, Federal Reserve Locations: New York, Latin America

☆ Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on 2024 Olympics: This is the biggest event in Airbnb history
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAirbnb CEO Brian Chesky on 2024 Olympics: This is the biggest event in Airbnb historyAirbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the 2024 Paris Olympics, the rollout of Icons experience, Airbnb demand in Paris, summer travel demand outlook, and more.

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☆ Big Tech CEOs, billionaires, and business leaders react to Trump rally shooting
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewProminent tech CEOs and billionaires condemned the shooting at a Trump rally on Saturday, with some voicing their support for former President Donald Trump. "I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery," Musk wrote on X. Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said in a statement posted on X that he was "thankful President Trump wasn't seriously injured." "A full and speedy recovery to President Trump. There is no room in our country for political violence," he wrote.

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A CNN investigation found that Airbnb consistently fails to protect its guests despite knowing hidden cameras are a persistent concern within its industry. Video Ad Feedback A woman describes the moment she realized her Airbnb host had placed a hidden camera in her room. And, while hotels can be held legally responsible for guests harmed on their property, Airbnb frequently is not. In January, CNN began reaching out to former Airbnb employees to ask about hidden camera concerns within the industry. “Less than a month for every victim,” said Wyzynajtys, the guest who found Allee’s hidden camera.

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☆ Sam Altman says Airbnb’s CEO gave him countless hours of advice on growing OpenAI: He was ‘almost always right’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Alex Koller | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he leaned heavily on advice from his friend Brian Chesky — CEO and co-founder of Airbnb — after ChatGPT became a global phenomenon. Here's where you're behind, here's what you're screwing up, here's what you got to proactively do, here's what you got to think about.'" Chesky was "almost always right," Altman added. The hours of guidance impacted key areas of OpenAI's business, according to Altman: Chesky instructed him on who to hire and how to "map" out the company's strategy. More recently, Chesky told him that he was "probably not thinking enough about" the political consequences of the company's generative AI technology, Altman added.

Persons: Sam Altman, Brian Chesky, Airbnb, ChatGPT, Altman, Chesky, Altman's, Brian Organizations: Aspen Ideas, Microsoft

☆ Airbnb CEO says AI hasn't really changed our daily lives — but that moment is coming
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Jaures Yip | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said AI hasn't changed most people's lives yet. Despite ChatGPT's 2022 introduction, apps have still remained largely the same, he said. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky thinks that will manifest in the next two to three years.

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☆ AI companies need to get society's input as they build out the technology, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky say
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewAs companies and startups race to implement artificial intelligence into their products, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky and OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman have a word of caution: Don't leave society behind. "I think that if everyone here could feel like they could participate and they could have their input into it, then I don't think there's a huge thing to fear," Chesky said. A few former board members accused Altman of lying to colleagues and creating a toxic culture through "psychological abuse." While researchers fear that AI will exacerbate the loneliness epidemic, Chesky believes the tool will "help bring people together." "At the end of the day, it's not the technology; it's the people with the technology," Chesky said, referring to those who are building with AI.

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