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" 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. "

Nathan Blecharczyk

Great

Business

Work

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" Some hotels are trying to dig their feet in and trying to say that Airbnb shouldn't exist - that 'illegal hotels' shouldn't exist. And, of course, illegal hotels shouldn't exist. But when they say illegal hotels, sometimes they mean anything that's not a hotel. "

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Nathan Blecharczyk

Keep

Things

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

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

" I cannot deny that there are unavoidable, day-to-day tradeoffs between being a parent and a professional. There are only so many hours in a day. "

" 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. "

" There's a perception out there that Airbnb doesn't want there to be rules. We think rules would be fantastic. We think rules would help our community, but not necessarily the rules that have simply existed for decades. "

" Ultimately, what we're trying to do for our customers or our guests is create magical travel experiences. "

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

Nathan Blecharczyk

Interest

Always

" Historically, we've just been doing accommodation. And, going forward, we're really exploring the full boundaries of everything that someone needs while on a trip, and also how can we reinvent that experience. "

" With commerce comes fraud. "

Nathan Blecharczyk

Fraud

Commerce

" 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 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 don't like spending money. "

Nathan Blecharczyk

Money

Spending

" Silicon Valley is super competitive and super expensive for talent, for office space, for everything. "

" We're a provider of experiences, not strictly accommodation. "

" Deviants from around the world are trying to 'beat' our system every day. We have to proactively identify suspicious behavior and quarantine users until additional verification steps can be taken. "

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

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Starting

" 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. "

" Being a father gave me a new purpose for existing. That newfound purpose has somehow given me the stamina and patience to take on the endless stream of challenges that come along with parenthood. "

" When you offer consumers choice, let them vote with their wallets. "

" 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 like asking people for things, so if I can do it myself, that's the mindset I have. My dad is very much a do-it-yourself kind of person, so I had a strong sense of independence. "