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Scheduled shipping is one of many inventions that has made New York a global capital of innovation and creativity - from Willis Carrier's invention of air conditioning in Buffalo and George Eastman's breakthrough film technology in Rochester to the rise of hip-hop in the South Bronx and the world's first cell phone call in Midtown Manhattan.

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Air Conditioning, Capital, Global

When the car was introduced in 1908, people could experience a brand new way to travel that was more efficient than a horse and buggy. Can you believe that cities tried to outlaw cars in the United States? Can you imagine driving a car for a year then having to go back to a horse and buggy?

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Year, Outlaw, United, Brand New

Airbnb has proven that hospitality, generosity, and the simple act of trust between strangers can go a long way.

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Trust, Simple, Go, Generosity

Of course Airbnb made mistakes the first year! Some came from our own preconceptions. When we started, we designed our interface for ourselves, Internet-savvy twentysomethings. We never considered the role of good eyesight in our interface - font size, vernacular; it all matters.

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Eyesight, Some, Role, Interface

Every apartment I've ever lived in has had a space to make, create, and get stuff done within eyesight of my bed.

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Bed, Within, Had, Eyesight

Cities are a melting pot for different ideas, and diversity brings a high-energy rhythm that I don't think we'd know was gone until it was too late.

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Think, Too Late, Cities, Pot

Digital communication is completely different from in-person, face-to-face conversations. One will give you surface insights, and the other really gives you depth.

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Digital, Give, Other, Conversations

From natural disasters to the refugee crises, the impact we can have as individuals might seem limited. But as many of our hosts know, sharing your home for even a few nights can make a tremendous difference in someone's life.

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Your, Individuals, Our, Hosts

We do believe in an inside-out culture. If we hold our hosts and guests to an expectation of acceptance and belonging, it has to start within our company. Otherwise, how on earth do we have the credibility to hold them accountable if we're not doing it to ourselves?

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Accountable, Otherwise, Hosts

Airbnb has grown thanks to our hosts creating memorable experiences and inspiring their guests to be hosts in their hometowns.

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Creating, Thanks, Hosts, Guests

We built a basic website, and Air Bed and Breakfast was born. Three lucky guests got to stay on a $20 airbed on the hardwood floor. But they loved it. And so did we. We took them on adventures around the city.

- Joe Gebbia

Lucky, Bed, Took, Guests

Since the very beginning, we wanted to create an experience for our guests: more than just a place to sleep. We wanted to cook breakfast in the morning; we wanted to provide a subway map for our guests. Pick them up from the airport.

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Beginning, More, Very, Guests

Ultimately, the power of the Airbnb platform is that it motivates guests to blend into communities, belong anywhere, and live like locals.

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Blend, Belong, Like, Guests

Dog-fooding is using your own products so that you understand from inside out what it is you're providing the customers. It's another way to gain insights and to gain intelligence. You use it yourself; you eat your own dog food. Every time we do that, we discover something that we can improve.

- Joe Gebbia

Own, Use, Providing, Dog Food

In the post-war United States, you had this race to the suburbs. Cities shrank, the suburbs got bigger - and the notion of community changed drastically. You went from all being very close together to all being spaced apart and slightly suspicious of one another.

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Very, Suburbs, Slightly, Suspicious

People assume that the smarter your home, the better your life, but in reality, technology so often gets in the way of leading a good life.

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Often, Leading, Your, Smarter

We hire people who are smarter than us.

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People, Hire, Than, Smarter

The hotel industry is a very modern invention - it only really started to become branded in the 1950s.

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Modern, Only, Very, Branded

I often stay in Tokyo's Daikanyama neighbourhood. You can go for a peaceful morning run along the Meguro river, and it is particularly incredible during cherry blossom season.

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Cherry, Go, Particularly, Neighbourhood

What we're doing with Airbnb feels like the nexus of everything that is right. We're helping people be more resourceful with the space they already have, and we're connecting people around the world.

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Doing, Like, Feels, Helping People

At Airbnb, we're trying to build a culture that supports details, celebrates them, and gives our teams creative license to pursue them.

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Teams, Them, Our, Supports

We've invented a new marketplace. There was no easy way to rent a person's bedroom over the Internet or book a vacation rental over the Internet. There was no guidebook for us to turn to as we defined this new marketplace.

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New, Over, Marketplace, Vacation

We have seen things in the twentieth century like the ATM machine, the VCR, and even the car. The electric car was invented in 1920, and here we, 100 years later, it is only now becoming an actual thing. So it doesn't surprise me that new ideas are met with a lot of questions.

- Joe Gebbia

Questions, Here, Becoming, New Ideas

As with any new and innovative industry, entrenched interests - particularly the hotel industry - have attempted to squash the home-sharing movement.

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New, Innovative, Entrenched, Squash

I feel triumphant when our moms can use Airbnb without their technically inclined kids.

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Feel, Use, Inclined, Triumphant

You must have the ability to recognize good design and good user experience. These are core things at Airbnb. It doesn't matter which department you're in.

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Experience, Recognize, Which, Department

While the Cold War had us questioning our next-door neighbors, big brands emerged to capture our trust. We became consumers.

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Trust, Big, Became, Cold War

Given Miami's unique role in Airbnb's roots, I'm particularly proud of how South Floridians have embraced home sharing as an opportunity to earn supplemental income and catalyze economic development in their communities.

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Income, Role, South, Supplemental

For an international business such as ours, you can't localise without a local. That was a hard lesson for us. We had to be closer, physically present, which is when we put teams on the ground.

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Business, Which, Hard Lesson, International

My role is to think about what the future could be for Airbnb - and that includes crafting an effortless and easy-to-use service on any platform, whether mobile, tablet, or Web.

- Joe Gebbia

Think, Role, Effortless, Tablet

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