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" For entrepreneurs, choosing your co-founders is like a professional marriage. You're going to go through tough times, and you need to remember that ideas can change, but business partners can't. "

Nathan Blecharczyk

Change

Tough Times

Business

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Nathan Blecharczyk

Keep

Things

" We want to strike the right balance between the governments and our users. If there are concerns, we can work together. "

" Our interest isn't in just serving the guests and hosts. We need to serve the entire community. If that means we have to take action against the host, we will. "

" I realized that I'm increasingly in a position where I know a network of people, and I'm able to connect more or less anyone. "

" I'm married. I have a daughter, so I put aside time in the day to spend with them. "

" Talking to hosts and asking them, 'What does Airbnb mean to you?'... I get amazingly heartfelt stories about the people that they met, about the money that they earned, about the mindset of empowerment they got through this and how they then applied that to their own business. "

" I actually almost made a million dollars while in high school. "

" It's not just exciting to build things but to explore new fields and to recognize what comes with that is a lot of uncertainty. "

" I had this question when we started: Is this something that's only going to work in New York City? And then, is it just in North America? Is it just in Western culture? "

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" Airbnb is creating a new marketplace for space and is facing many of the challenges that eBay faced back in 1998 when they created a new marketplace for goods. "

" I don't feel like my life happens to me. I feel like I happen to my life. I feel that I'm in the driver's seat. "

Nathan Blecharczyk

Happen

Feel

" I don't like spending money. "

Nathan Blecharczyk

Money

Spending

" More efficient workers are always in an employer's best interest. "

Nathan Blecharczyk

Interest

Always

" When you think about it, Airbnb is a great solution if your family is traveling with you on business and you need more space, if you're going for an extended stay, like a week plus. It's a great solution if you want close proximity to the work site and maybe there isn't a hotel across the street or whatnot. "

" No hotels have gone out of business because of Airbnb... Airbnb is not a perfect substitute for a hotel. We excel at different things. "

" We have to be careful that we don't have so much regulation that would prevent all of the people who are benefiting from Airbnb to benefit. "

" We don't want to go starting completely separate businesses that do nothing for our user base. "

Nathan Blecharczyk

Our

Starting

" We're really creating a whole different kind of travel experience. One that really celebrates the different places, different cultures, the different cities and immerses you in that culture. "