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Airbnb section

This is largely incomprehensible to an ordinary reader and needs rewriting. 79.66.193.196 (talk) 03:40, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

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Infobox image update

Hello, I'm Jakob and I work for Airbnb. I've created an account so I can suggest updates to Wikipedia articles related to the company, and I've disclosed my conflict of interest on this talk page and on my profile page.

I have worked to get the permission for :File:Brian Chesky Airbnb.jpg confirmed via OTRS. I'm now hoping an editor will replace the current infobox image with this one, which is higher quality and more recent.

Will an editor please update the infobox on my behalf? Thanks in advance. JK Airbnb (talk) 19:00, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

:{{Reply to|Zigzig20s}} I'm looking for an active editor to assist with this request to update the infobox with a higher quality and more recent photograph. I noticed you assessed this article years ago, and was wondering if you'd be willing to help. Thank you! JK Airbnb (talk) 17:40, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

::{{done}} {{reply to|Zigzig20s}} Thank you! JK Airbnb (talk) 17:35, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

Partner in infobox

Hello! I'm Charlie and I've taken over from Jakob as Airbnb's representative on Wikipedia. I've disclosed my conflict of interest and intend to only propose article improvements on Talk pages for editors to review.

For this request, I'd like to propose removing mention of Elissa Patel from the Partner(s) field in the infobox. While I'm struggling to find sourcing specifically confirming their separation, Brian and Elissa are no longer together. Additionally, : Template:Infobox person suggests this field should only be used if the partner is a notable individual. In this case, Elissa Patel does not have a Wikipedia article and therefore should not be linked in the infobox.

Does someone mind updating the article on my behalf? {{Reply to|Zigzig20s}} I see you've helped update the article previously, so I'm hoping you might be able to assist here? Thanks so much! CU Airbnb (talk) 22:05, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

:File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Request denied for having no sources. Quetstar (talk) 04:35, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

:{{ping|CU Airbnb}} Hi Charlie, I think you make a good point about this not aligning with the guidance on the "partner" parameter at Template:Infobox person. However, this is still facially relevant information cited to a reliable source, so I am hesitant to remove it from the article altogether. My inclination would be to add it to the body of the article. Since it doesn't fit any of the existing sections, I would suggest creating a new "Personal life" section. What do you think? Colin M (talk) 19:49, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

::Hi Quetstar, I just found a source that may work: https://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-ceo-brian-chesky-30-billion-startup-2016-8#chesky-is-not-married-though-he-was-previously-in-a-relationship-with-artist-elissa-patel-chesky-has-a-golden-retriever-named-sir-richard-parker-who-hangs-out-at-airbnb-headquarters-and-accompanies-him-on-road-trips-13

::It specifically says: "Chesky is not married, though he was previously in a relationship with artist Elissa Patel."

::Could we use this to remove the mention? Thank you for your consideration! CU Airbnb (talk) 21:31, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

:::@CU Airbnb I am hesitant to use it because there is no consensus on the reliability of Business Insider. Quetstar (talk) 22:34, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Relationship request

Hi editors, I'm Paul and I work for Airbnb. I am submitting a request to remove mention of the relationship between Elissa Patel and Chesky in the Personal life section. They are no longer together and have not been for some time. [https://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-ceo-brian-chesky-30-billion-startup-2016-8#in-november-2022-chesky-listed-a-guest-room-in-his-home-on-airbnb-featuring-a-queen-sized-bed-and-a-piece-of-airbnb-history-the-novelty-cereal-boxes-that-chesky-sold-in-2008-to-fund-the-early-days-of-the-company-chesky-told-outlets-he-would-make-cookies-and-go-to-the-gym-with-guests-22 Business Insider] mentions in this profile of Chesky that they are no longer together, a specific point they changed in 2020 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20201105173057/https://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-ceo-brian-chesky-30-billion-startup-2016-8 Nov. 5 archive link] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20201119122227/https://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-ceo-brian-chesky-30-billion-startup-2016-8 Nov. 19 archive link] showing the change). The [https://marketrealist.com/p/brian-chesky-wife-elissa-patel-waverly-explainer/ Market Realist] article appears to have cited Chesky's incorrect Wikipedia article and does not seem to meet reliability standards for biographies, and the Conde Nast Traveler article was published in 2017.

I understand that when my colleague Charlie tried to get this fact removed in 2021 that there were concerns over how reliable Business Insider was. I think for something like this, the article subject should be considered a reliable source based on my reading of the rules on self-published sources. In this case, Chesky talked about being single on the podcast [https://open.spotify.com/episode/7or1UO7wBx7EhDteufI9lb?si=8a95014746fe4410 Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard]. The discussion specifically comes around the 55 minute mark, with Chesky saying there wasn't "a lot" going on with him romantically around the 55:25 mark and Shepard saying "I don't mean to shame you for being single" at around the 56:40 mark. I hope this is sufficient. Please let me know. PY Airbnb (talk) 22:44, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

:{{Respond|greencheck2|Done}} ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 03:45, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

::{{replyto|ARandomName123}} thanks! PY Airbnb (talk) 17:05, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Early life request

Hello editors, I had some additional requests for the article if anyone was interested. For my first request, I'd like to suggest replacing the second paragraph of the Early life and education section with the following:

{{box|Chesky graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 2004 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in industrial design.{{Cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/brian-chesky-airbnb-ceo-life-story-photos-2017-7 | title=The fabulous life of Airbnb's Brian Chesky, one of the youngest and richest tech founders in America | last=Hartmans | first=Avery | work=Business Insider | date=July 22, 2017}}{{Cite press release | url=https://www.risd.edu/news/for-press/press-releases/airbnb-co-founder-ceo-and-head-community-brian-chesky-deliver-keynote | title=Airbnb Co-Founder, CEO and Head of Community Brian Chesky to Deliver Keynote Address at Rhode Island School of Design's 2017 Commencement | publisher=Rhode Island School of Design | date=May 19, 2017}} While studying at RISD, Chesky was influenced by the works of Charles Eames, Ray Eames, and the work of Walt Disney.{{Cite book |last=Stone |first=Brad | authorlink=Brad Stone (journalist) | title=The Upstarts | date=2017 | publisher=Little, Brown and Company |isbn=978-0-316-38839-9 | pages=213, 326}}{{cite news |title=Airbnb’s Brian Chesky: ‘The trick is to be optimistic’ |work=Financial Times |date=May 1, 2021 |last1=Lee |first1=Dave |access-date=March 18, 2024 |url=https://www.ft.com/content/d42ae8b5-4723-4327-8dd9-13d4b699dbd9}} He was captain of the RISD hockey team and in his early 20s was a competitive bodybuilder.

(The missing source is the Fortune article already cited earlier)

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This does a couple of things, primarily adding that he was captain of the RISD hockey team and condensing the opening sentence. It also removes that he met Joe Gebbia at RISD from this section. In my next request, I plan to ask to add that information back in the opening paragraph of the Career section, where I think it will flow better and allow for better contextual understanding for the reader. Please let me know what you think! Because of my COI I can't make this change myself. PY Airbnb (talk) 03:33, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

:{{Respond|greencheck2|Done}} with minor adjustments for grammar. {{u|PY Airbnb}}, you mentioned that you will readd some removed information in another edit request. Please ping me then. Thanks. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 12:50, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

::{{replyto|ARandomName123}} thanks! Will do! PY Airbnb (talk) 20:22, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Career request

Hi editors, for my next request, I suggest removing the Airbnb subheading and replacing the first three paragraphs with the following:

{{box|After graduating from RISD, Chesky moved to Los Angeles to work as an industrial designer.{{cite news |title=Welcome to the ‘Sharing Economy’ |last1=Friedman |first1=Thomas L. |work=The New York Times |date=July 20, 2013 |access-date=March 20, 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/opinion/sunday/friedman-welcome-to-the-sharing-economy.html}} In October 2007, he moved to San Francisco to live with RISD classmate Joe Gebbia. Chesky didn't have enough money to pay his rent, and decided with Gebbia to open their house to short-term renters. His move to San Francisco coincided with the Industrial Designers Society of America conference, which ran out of hotel rooms. The pair decided to open the house they were renting as a bed and breakfast, providing air mattresses for guests to sleep on and Pop-Tarts for breakfast. The business became Airbnb.

The missing citation is once again the Fortune article already cited in the article.}}

{{ping|ARandomName123}} this is where I suggest adding back content related to Joe Gebbia removed in the last request, with some tweaks that I think help it all flow better. Let me know what you think! PY Airbnb (talk) 20:22, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

:{{done}} ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 12:44, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

::{{replyto|ARandomName123}} thanks for doing that! PY Airbnb (talk) 19:35, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Airbnb career update

Hi editors, I had another ask. This request is to add a new paragraph about some things that Chesky has been specifically credited for while CEO of Airbnb. I suggest adding the following at the end of the Career section:

{{box|Chesky has used Twitter to personally solicit suggestions for improvements to Airbnb, doing so in 2016 and 2023.{{cite news |title=Elon Musk says 'other companies' should take note of the way Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky interacts with people on Twitter |last1=Tabahriti |first1=Sam |date=May 6, 2023 |access-date=March 26, 2024 |work=Business Insider |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-praises-airbnb-ceo-brian-chesky-twitter-tesla-2023-5}}{{cite news |title=Airbnb CEO Asks Twitter What His Company Should Launch in 2017 |work=Entrepreneur |date=December 27, 2016 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |last1=Belanger |first1=Lydia |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/science-technology/airbnb-ceo-asks-twitter-what-his-company-should-launch-in/287071}} He is an active Airbnb host and listed his home in San Francisco on the platform in 2022.{{cite news |title=Airbnb boss Brian Chesky says it’s critical not to become an ‘ivory tower’ CEO—so he lists his own home |work=Fortune |date=July 4, 2023 |access-date=March 20, 2024 |last1=Royle |first1=Orianna Rose |url=https://fortune.com/2023/07/04/airbnb-ceo-brian-chesky-own-home-platform-critical-not-to-become-ivory-tower-ceo/}} He spent six months that year staying in Airbnbs, which led to the development of 50 changes to the platform and additional service offerings.{{cite news |title=Airbnb’s CEO spent 6 months living in his company’s rentals—and found the core problem with his business |work=Fortune |date=May 4, 2023 |access-date=March 20, 2024 |last1=Williams |first1=Trey |url=https://fortune.com/2023/05/04/airbnb-ceo-brian-chesky-lessons-rentals/}}

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Please let me know what you think! PY Airbnb (talk) 19:35, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

:{{Respond|greencheck2|Done}} Encoded Talk 💬 07:20, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

::{{replyto|Encoded}} thanks for your help! PY Airbnb (talk) 21:53, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Small update requests

Hi editors, I wanted to see what you all thought of a series of smaller requests and thought I'd put them all together here.

In the Personal life section:

::Change the sentences "As a child, Chesky was interested in art, drawing replicas of paintings, and design, redesigning shoes and toys. He later became interested in landscape architecture and design."

::To

::As a child, Chesky's first hobby was hockey. He developed an interest in art in his teens and cited Leonardo da Vinci as an early inspiration.{{cite news |title=Brian Chesky on How Art Helped Him Build Airbnb |work=Time |date=November 16, 2023 |access-date=March 19, 2024 |last1=Alter |first1=Charlotte |url=https://time.com/collection/person-of-the-week-podcast/6336523/brian-chesky-interview-person-of-the-week/}} He drew replicas of paintings and redesigned toys and shoes. In an interview with The New York Times, he said he watched friends of his parents redesign their backyard, which led to an interest in landscape architecture and later urban planning.{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/business/brian-chesky-of-airbnb-on-scratching-the-itch-to-create.html | title=Brian Chesky of Airbnb, on Scratching the Itch to Create | last=Bryant | first=Adam | work=The New York Times | date=October 11, 2014 | url-access=subscription | issn=0362-4331}}

::I think this more accurately reflects information in sourcing.

In the Recognition section, add information related to the following (with sources):
Fortune 2017 World's Greatest Leaders{{cite news |title=Why Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Is Among the World’s Greatest Leaders |last1=Gallagher |first1=Leigh |work=Fortune |date=March 24, 2017 |access-date=April 30, 2024 |url=https://fortune.com/2017/03/24/airbnb-brian-chesky-worlds-greatest-leaders/}}
Forbes billionaire ranking (202) {{cite web |title=Brian Chesky |website=Forbes |date=May 1, 2024 |access-date=May 1, 2024 |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/brian-chesky/?sh=58a4e32f44d3 }}
Receiving an honorary doctorate from RISD {{cite news |title=Co-founder tells RISD grads about the birth of Airbnb |work=The Seattle Times |agency=Associated Press |date=June 3, 2017 |access-date=May 1, 2024 |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/co-founder-tells-risd-grads-about-the-birth-of-airbnb/}}

::I think this helps make the section more complete.

In the Personal life section

::Add information related to Chesky's hobbies of sketching and bonsai{{cite news |title= How Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Nurtures His Creativity |last1=Lagorio-Chafkin |first1=Christine |work=Inc. |date=November 28, 2022 |access-date=May 1, 2024 |url=https://www.inc.com/christine-lagorio/how-airbnb-ceo-brian-chesky-nutures-his-creativity.html

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::I think this helps make the section more complete.

In the Philanthropy section:
Add information related to being named No. 20 on the 2022 Philanthropy 50 list of biggest donors in the U.S. {{cite news |title=Philanthropy 50: List of America’s top 50 donors of 2022 |work=Associated Press |agency=The Chronicle of Philanthropy |date=February 14, 2023 |access-date=May 1, 2024 |url=https://apnews.com/article/technology-cincinnati-utah-business-warren-buffett-36285b084d403be8120713d34b4c9f82 }}
Add information related to donating $10 million for COVID-19 relief organizations{{cite news |title=Airbnb Founder Is Donating 10 Million to Frontline COVID Workers |last1=Wynne |first1=Kelly |date=November 12, 2020 |access-date=May 1, 2024 |work=Newsweek |url=https://www.newsweek.com/airbnb-founder-donating-10-million-frontline-covid-workers-1546983}}

As above I think this helps fill out the section.

Please let me know what you think! Happy to answer any questions. {{ping|Encoded|ARandomName123}} pinging you both in case you are interested in taking a look as you have reviewed some other requests of mine in the past. Cheers PY Airbnb (talk) 21:53, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

:@PY Airbnb: Add "information related to..." is a bit vague. Do you have any specific proposed text? ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 21:57, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

::{{replyto|ARandomName123}} I can come up with some!

::Personal life

::Chesky enjoys sketching and bonsai.{{cite news |title= How Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Nurtures His Creativity |last1=Lagorio-Chafkin |first1=Christine |work=Inc. |date=November 28, 2022 |access-date=May 1, 2024 |url=https://www.inc.com/christine-lagorio/how-airbnb-ceo-brian-chesky-nutures-his-creativity.html }}

::Recognition

::Chesky was named one of the "World's Greatest Leaders" in 2017 by Fortune.{{cite news |title=Why Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Is Among the World’s Greatest Leaders |last1=Gallagher |first1=Leigh |work=Fortune |date=March 24, 2017 |access-date=April 30, 2024 |url=https://fortune.com/2017/03/24/airbnb-brian-chesky-worlds-greatest-leaders/}} He received an honorary doctorate from RISD that year.{{cite news |title=Co-founder tells RISD grads about the birth of Airbnb |work=The Seattle Times |agency=Associated Press |date=June 3, 2017 |access-date=May 1, 2024 |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/co-founder-tells-risd-grads-about-the-birth-of-airbnb/}}

::As of May 6, 2024, Chesky ranked No. 198 on the Forbes billionaires list.{{cite web |title=Brian Chesky |website=Forbes |date= |access-date=May 6, 2024 |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/brian-chesky/?sh=58a4e32f44d3 }}

::Philanthropy

::Chesky donated $10 million to nonprofit organizations supporting frontline workers during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.{{cite news |title=Airbnb Founder Is Donating 10 Million to Frontline COVID Workers |last1=Wynne |first1=Kelly |date=November 12, 2020 |access-date=May 1, 2024 |work=Newsweek |url=https://www.newsweek.com/airbnb-founder-donating-10-million-frontline-covid-workers-1546983}}

::In 2022, Chesky was ranked no. 20 by contributions on the list of the 50 most prolific philanthropists in the United States by The Chronicle of Philanthropy.{{cite news |title=Philanthropy 50: List of America’s top 50 donors of 2022 |work=Associated Press |agency=The Chronicle of Philanthropy |date=February 14, 2023 |access-date=May 1, 2024 |url=https://apnews.com/article/technology-cincinnati-utah-business-warren-buffett-36285b084d403be8120713d34b4c9f82 }}

::Let me know what you think! PY Airbnb (talk) 23:04, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

:::{{ping|ARandomName123}} just wanted to check in with you again and see if you had any thoughts on the sentences I proposed. If not, no worries! PY Airbnb (talk) 14:11, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

:{{Respond|yellowcheck|Partly done:}} {{u|PY Airbnb}}, I've implemented most of the suggested edits. I left out the billionaire ranking, since it doesn't seem necessary to include his position on it, and left out the COVID line, as Newsweek isn't a reliable source, per WP:RSP. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 23:58, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

::{{replyto|ARandomName123}} thanks so much for doing that. Totally understand not including those two items. Do you think the COVID-19 donation could be attributed to this [https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Airbnb-co-founder-donates-25-million-to-S-F-15804272.php San Francisco Chronicle] article, which states "Gebbia’s donation comes after Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky last month committed to donate $10 million to nonprofits helping health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic." If not, I understand, and really appreciate all your time working on this. PY Airbnb (talk) 19:05, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

:::@PY Airbnb: {{done}} ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 22:22, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

::::{{replyto|ARandomName123}} Thanks for circling back to this! PY Airbnb (talk) 14:23, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Sam Altman request

Hi editors, I wanted to see what you all thought of adding something to the article related to Chesky's mentorship of Sam Altman. Altman talks about Chesky giving him advice as OpenAI was growing in this [https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/28/sam-altman-airbnb-ceo-gave-me-hours-of-advice-on-growing-openai.html CNBC] article. I'll defer to the community for the best placement and language. Thank you for your consideration. {{ping|ARandomName123}}, curious if you have any thoughts since you reviewed my past requests. Thanks! PY Airbnb (talk) 16:24, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

:{{Respond|xmark|Not done:}} I'm going to decline this because source seems fluffy and this seems like somewhat of a nonsequitor in the context of the current article (is this "career"? "personal life"?), with no prejudice to ARadnomName123 or other uninvolved editors including it if they feel like it fits the article. Rusalkii (talk) 22:25, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

::{{replyto|Rusalkii}} I appreciate you taking a look and the feedback you offered. Cheers PY Airbnb (talk) 19:18, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Leadership style request

Hi editors, there's been a lot of coverage recently of Brian's management style (described as "founder mode" by Paul Graham) and I was curious what the community thought about adding a sentence to Brian's article with that included, maybe at the end of the Career section, something like this:

Chesky is deeply involved in the daily operations and direction of the company, a management style Graham praised and described as "founder mode".{{cite news |title=Y Combinator's Paul Graham Unleashed 'Founder Mode.' The Tech World Has Some Thoughts |work=Inc. |date=September 5, 2024 |access-date=September 5, 2024 |last1=Blum |first1=Sam |url=https://www.inc.com/sam-blum/y-combinators-paul-graham-unleashed-founder-mode-the-tech-world-has-some-thoughts.html}}{{cite news |title=Why Silicon Valley Is Abuzz Over ‘Founder Mode’ |work=The New York Times |date=September 3, 2024 |access-date=September 5, 2024 |last1=Ross Sorkin |first1=Andrew |last2=Mattu |first2=Ravi |first3=Bernhard |last3=Warner |first4=Sarah |last4=Kessler |first5=Michael J. |last5=de la Merced |first6=Lauren |last6=Hirsch |first7=Ephrat |last7=Livni |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/03/business/dealbook/founder-mode-chesky-graham.html}}{{cite web |title=Founder Mode |last1=Graham |first1=Paul |date=September 2024 |access-date=September 5, 2024 |url=https://paulgraham.com/foundermode.html |website=Paulgraham.com}}

Please let me know what you think! {{ping|Rusalkii}}, you reviewed my last request, would you have any interest in taking a look at this one? PY Airbnb (talk) 16:14, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

:{{Respond|greencheck2|Done}} Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 06:58, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

::{{replyto|SafariScribe}} thanks for taking a look at this! I appreciate the changes you made but I am a little concerned that they don't quite accurately reflect what the sources say about Brian, or what Paul Graham said about him. The "founder mode" description is more about Brian's management/leadership style than it is a direct description of Brian himself. Would you consider updating the added text to provide that context? 136.30.0.43 (talk) 16:57, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Paul Graham content alteration

Hi editors, I wanted to request a slight change to the content added in my last request.

I think this change will make it more grammatically correct and more accurately reflect what the sources say about founder mode.

For those reasons, I suggest changing the sentence:

American computer scientist, Paul Graham praised and described him as "founder mode".

To:

American computer scientist Paul Graham praised Chesky's management style, describing it as "founder mode".{{cite web | last=Blum | first=Sam | title=Y Combinator's Paul Graham Has Unleashed Founder Mode. The Tech World Has Some Thoughts | website=Inc.com | date=5 September 2024 | url=https://www.inc.com/sam-blum/y-combinators-paul-graham-unleashed-founder-mode-the-tech-world-has-some-thoughts.html | access-date=13 September 2024}}{{cite news |title=Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on the gospel of Steve Jobs and what founder mode really means |last1=Patel |first1=Nilay |work=The Verge |date=October 28, 2024 |access-date=November 11, 2024 |url=https://www.theverge.com/24279570/airbnb-ceo-brian-chesky-founder-mode-apple-steve-jobs-management-decoder-podcast-2024}}

Please let me know what you think. {{ping|SafariScribe}} here's the request, thanks for being willing to take another look at it! 8.44.182.20 (talk) 21:25, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

:{{Respond|greencheck2|Done}} PK650 (talk) 01:05, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

::{{replyto|PK650}} thanks! PY Airbnb (talk) 17:29, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Fortune ranking

Hi editors, I wanted to get your thoughts on adding a sentence about Brian ranking in Fortune{{'}}s "100 Most Powerful People in Business" list – he was 43rd on the 2024 list.

I propose adding a sentence to the Recognition section, something like this:

Fortune ranked Chesky No. 43 on its "100 Most Powerful People in Business" in 2024.{{cite web |title=100 Most Powerful People in Business: Brian Chesky |url=https://fortune.com/ranking/most-powerful-people/2024/brian-chesky/ |website=Fortune |access-date=February 5, 2025}}

What do you think? {{ping|PK650|SafariScribe}} pinging you both since you had responded to my most recent requests. Cheers PY Airbnb (talk) 20:25, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

:{{Respond|greencheck2|Done}} Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 21:25, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

::{{replyto|SafariScribe}} thanks! PY Airbnb (talk) 16:57, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

Education update

{{edit COI}} Hi editors, I'd like to propose an update to the Education section. I found this textdiff template so I thought I'd try that out:

{{textdiff|Chesky graduated from Niskayuna High School in 1999 and graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 2004 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in industrial design.{{Cite web |last=Fortson |first=Danny |date=February 25, 2018 |title=Airbnb is waiting to really take off |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/article/airbnb-is-waiting-to-really-take-off-zlj632vtg |work=The Sunday Times}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/brian-chesky-airbnb-ceo-life-story-photos-2017-7 | title=The fabulous life of Airbnb's Brian Chesky, one of the youngest and richest tech founders in America | last=Hartmans | first=Avery | work=Business Insider | date=July 22, 2017}}{{Cite press release | url=https://www.risd.edu/news/for-press/press-releases/airbnb-co-founder-ceo-and-head-community-brian-chesky-deliver-keynote | title=Airbnb Co-Founder, CEO and Head of Community Brian Chesky to Deliver Keynote Address at Rhode Island School of Design's 2017 Commencement | publisher=Rhode Island School of Design | date=May 19, 2017}} While studying at RISD, Chesky was influenced by the works of Charles Eames, Ray Eames, and Walt Disney.{{Cite book |last=Stone |first=Brad | authorlink=Brad Stone (journalist) | title=The Upstarts | date=2017 | publisher=Little, Brown and Company |isbn=978-0-316-38839-9 | pages=213, 326}}{{cite news |title=Airbnb’s Brian Chesky: ‘The trick is to be optimistic’ |work=Financial Times |date=May 1, 2021 |last1=Lee |first1=Dave |access-date=March 18, 2024 |url=https://www.ft.com/content/d42ae8b5-4723-4327-8dd9-13d4b699dbd9}} He was captain of the RISD hockey team and was a competitive bodybuilder. Chesky was also the designer of the unofficial mascot of RISD, Scrotie.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-26 |title=The Story of Scrotie, the Dick-and-Balls Hockey Mascot That Could |url=https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/scrotie-the-nads-origin-story |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=MEL Magazine |language=en-US}} |Chesky graduated from Niskayuna High School in 1999 and graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 2004 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in industrial design.{{Cite web |last=Fortson |first=Danny |date=February 25, 2018 |title=Airbnb is waiting to really take off |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/article/airbnb-is-waiting-to-really-take-off-zlj632vtg |work=The Sunday Times}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/brian-chesky-airbnb-ceo-life-story-photos-2017-7 | title=The fabulous life of Airbnb's Brian Chesky, one of the youngest and richest tech founders in America | last=Hartmans | first=Avery | work=Business Insider | date=July 22, 2017}}{{Cite press release | url=https://www.risd.edu/news/for-press/press-releases/airbnb-co-founder-ceo-and-head-community-brian-chesky-deliver-keynote | title=Airbnb Co-Founder, CEO and Head of Community Brian Chesky to Deliver Keynote Address at Rhode Island School of Design's 2017 Commencement | publisher=Rhode Island School of Design | date=May 19, 2017}} Chesky gave the student commencement speech at his RISD graduation. While studying at RISD, Chesky was influenced by the works of Charles Eames, Ray Eames, and Walt Disney.{{Cite book |last=Stone |first=Brad | authorlink=Brad Stone (journalist) | title=The Upstarts | date=2017 | publisher=Little, Brown and Company |isbn=978-0-316-38839-9 | pages=213, 326}}{{cite news |title=Airbnb’s Brian Chesky: ‘The trick is to be optimistic’ |work=Financial Times |date=May 1, 2021 |last1=Lee |first1=Dave |access-date=March 18, 2024 |url=https://www.ft.com/content/d42ae8b5-4723-4327-8dd9-13d4b699dbd9}} He helped develop the school's basketball and hockey teams, the Balls and Nads, respectively, and designed the school's unofficial mascot, Scrotie.{{Cite news |date=April 26, 2022 |title=The Story of Scrotie, the Dick-and-Balls Hockey Mascot That Could |url=https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/scrotie-the-nads-origin-story |access-date=February 6, 2025 |last1=VanHooker |first1=Brian |work=MEL Magazine |language=en-US}}{{cite news |title=Watch Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky salute RISD, whip off his rove, dance like Michael Jackson |last1=Carr |first1=Austin |date=February 17, 2012 |access-date=February 6, 2025 |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/1816858/watch-airbnb-ceo-brian-chesky-salute-risd-whip-his-robe-dance-michael-jackson }} He was captain of the RISD hockey team and was a competitive bodybuilder. }}

All together, it looks something like this:

{{box| Chesky graduated from Niskayuna High School in 1999 and graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 2004 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in industrial design.{{Cite web |last=Fortson |first=Danny |date=February 25, 2018 |title=Airbnb is waiting to really take off |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/article/airbnb-is-waiting-to-really-take-off-zlj632vtg |work=The Sunday Times}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/brian-chesky-airbnb-ceo-life-story-photos-2017-7 | title=The fabulous life of Airbnb's Brian Chesky, one of the youngest and richest tech founders in America | last=Hartmans | first=Avery | work=Business Insider | date=July 22, 2017}}{{Cite press release | url=https://www.risd.edu/news/for-press/press-releases/airbnb-co-founder-ceo-and-head-community-brian-chesky-deliver-keynote | title=Airbnb Co-Founder, CEO and Head of Community Brian Chesky to Deliver Keynote Address at Rhode Island School of Design's 2017 Commencement | publisher=Rhode Island School of Design | date=May 19, 2017}} Chesky gave the student commencement speech at his RISD graduation. While studying at RISD, Chesky was influenced by the works of Charles Eames, Ray Eames, and Walt Disney.{{Cite book |last=Stone |first=Brad | authorlink=Brad Stone (journalist) | title=The Upstarts | date=2017 | publisher=Little, Brown and Company |isbn=978-0-316-38839-9 | pages=213, 326}}{{cite news |title=Airbnb’s Brian Chesky: ‘The trick is to be optimistic’ |work=Financial Times |date=May 1, 2021 |last1=Lee |first1=Dave |access-date=March 18, 2024 |url=https://www.ft.com/content/d42ae8b5-4723-4327-8dd9-13d4b699dbd9}} He helped develop the school's basketball and hockey teams, the Balls and Nads, respectively, and designed the school's unofficial mascot, Scrotie.{{Cite news |date=April 26, 2022 |title=The Story of Scrotie, the Dick-and-Balls Hockey Mascot That Could |url=https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/scrotie-the-nads-origin-story |access-date=February 6, 2025 |last1=VanHooker |first1=Brian |work=MEL Magazine |language=en-US}}{{cite news |title=Watch Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky salute RISD, whip off his rove, dance like Michael Jackson |last1=Carr |first1=Austin |date=February 17, 2012 |access-date=February 6, 2025 |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/1816858/watch-airbnb-ceo-brian-chesky-salute-risd-whip-his-robe-dance-michael-jackson }} He was captain of the RISD hockey team and was a competitive bodybuilder.}}

Note: the missing source is [https://fortune.com/longform/brian-chesky-airbnb/ this Fortune article], which is cited in the previous section

This adds some additional info about Chesky's time at RISD and involvement with the school sports teams using a newly found Fast Company article and the existing sources. It also updates the MEL citation to be more complete and match the style of other citations. Please let me know what you think. PY Airbnb (talk) 16:57, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

:What does this information really tell us, does any of it matter? Slatersteven (talk) 16:57, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

::{{replyto|Slatersteven}} Great questions! I think this provides insight into Chesky's career at RISD, which matters in the same way it mattered to include that Fred Rogers was student council president or that Hilaria Baldwin was on her university ballroom dance team. I think it tells readers a bit about who Chesky is as a person, or at least who he was at the time.

::My proposal doesn't change what's there too much. The main addition is the sentence about being commencement speaker. I also propose to add a little more context about co-developing the RISD basketball and hockey teams, expanding on what is already there. The rest of the sentence about designing the mascot and the sentence about being captain of the hockey team is already present in the article, it's just been moved around and slightly reworded to flow better with the team development addition.

::Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any other questions! PY Airbnb (talk) 21:00, 18 March 2025 (UTC)

:::Lets see, Ms Baldwin was a Yoga instructor, and the fact she was on a dance team has some relevance to her subsequent career. Im am unsure what any of what you want to add tells us about his career, or when it started. Slatersteven (talk) 12:16, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

::::{{replyto|Slatersteven}} I thought co-creating two sports teams that compete intercollegiately might be relevant to creating a more complete picture. At any rate, I will leave that call for your and other editors. Thanks for the conversation! PY Airbnb (talk) 17:19, 20 March 2025 (UTC)

Career update 1

Hi editors, I propose expanding the Career section with more detail on the early days of Mr. Chesky's career and the creation of Airbnb. There is quite a bit of sourcing to support an expanded section, sourcing that specifically discusses actions Chesky took during Airbnb's founding and when he officially became CEO. I made a draft showing what I believe to be an accurate summary of those sources.

I recognize requesting an editor to review all of that at once would be a lot to ask, so I'll make smaller requests. The first of those requests is to replace the first sentence of the Career section with more detail. I've made a textdiff for the proposed change:

{{textdiff| After graduating from RISD, Chesky moved to Los Angeles to work as an industrial designer.{{cite news |last1=Friedman |first1=Thomas L. |date=July 20, 2013 |title=Welcome to the 'Sharing Economy' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/opinion/sunday/friedman-welcome-to-the-sharing-economy.html |access-date=March 20, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}|Chesky moved to Los Angeles following graduation from RISD to work for 3DID as an industrial designer.{{cite book |last1=Gallagher |first1=Leigh |title=The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions... and Created Plenty of Controversy |date=2018 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |location=Boston |isbn=9780544952669 |edition=First Mariner Books}}{{rp|23–24}} He designed toys, guitars, medical equipment, and other items at 3DID. Chesky became disillusioned with the job and long commutes, particularly after being part of a team that worked on the Pureflush toilet seat for the television show American Inventor. He reduced his hours at 3DID in 2007 to work on furniture designs.{{cite book |last1=Stone |first1=Brad |title=The Upstarts: Uber, Airbnb, and the Battle for the New Silicon Valley |date=2018 |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |location=New York |isbn=9780316388382}}{{rp|22–23}}}}

Rendered out, it looks like this:

{{box|Chesky moved to Los Angeles following graduation from RISD to work for 3DID as an industrial designer.{{cite book |last1=Gallagher |first1=Leigh |title=The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions... and Created Plenty of Controversy |date=2018 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |location=Boston |isbn=9780544952669 |edition=First Mariner Books}}{{rp|23–24}} He designed toys, guitars, medical equipment, and other items at 3DID. Chesky became disillusioned with the job and long commutes, particularly after being part of a team that worked on the Pureflush toilet seat for the television show American Inventor. He reduced his hours at 3DID in 2007 to work on furniture designs.{{cite book |last1=Stone |first1=Brad |title=The Upstarts: Uber, Airbnb, and the Battle for the New Silicon Valley |date=2018 |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |location=New York |isbn=9780316388382}}{{rp|22–23}}}}

This proposal does several things:

It replaces the Friedman opinion column with two books by reputable journalists/authors, which I believe to be stronger sources
It expands on Chesky's early days in Los Angeles and provides more context for readers about what he did for work and why he left his job. I think those details are important for understanding the later creation of Airbnb

It's worth noting that the Brad Stone book The Upstarts is already cited in the article with a different ISBN. I've cited a slightly newer version. I would imagine they are largely the same, though page numbers may vary between the two versions.

Please let me know what you think! PY Airbnb (talk) 17:22, 20 March 2025 (UTC)

:@PY Airbnb: What is Gallagher 2018 p. 23-24 being used to support? As far as I can tell, it doesn't mention RISD or 3DID or anything related to that sentence. https://archive.org/details/airbnbstoryhowth0000gall/page/23/mode/2up?view=theater

:The rest is fine, though I would add an extra page (22-24) for that last sentence. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 00:28, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

::{{replyto|ARandomName123}} Thanks for taking a look! I wonder if it is an issue of different versions. The text on page 22 of the book on Internet Archive you shared appears on page 45 for me. I am using the [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NCJRMQV Kindle version] for my reference. It is the First Mariner Books edition, updated in 2018, whereas the one on IA is from 2017. The Kindle version is also about 50 pages longer than the print edition, so some stuff might be stretched out in comparison. For reference, the specifics I was quoting from each page are:

::*Once in Los Angeles, Chesky moved in with some friends from RISD and started working at the industrial-design firm 3DID. For the first few months he liked the work, designing real products for companies like ESPN and Mattel. But soon it started to become evident that the job wasn’t what he’d hoped it would be.

::*He hadn’t taken to Los Angeles, either. "I spent an hour and a half each way [to work] in a car, an empty car," he recalls. He felt disillusioned—and that he'd made the wrong choice. "I felt my life was, like, I was in a car, and I could see the road disappearing into the horizon in front of me, and I could see the same view in the rearview mirror," he later told Sarah Lacy, the technology journalist and founder of PandoDaily, in a fireside chat in 2013. "It was, like, 'Oh, this is all I'll end up doing. I guess it wasn't like they said it would be at RISD.'"

::Happy to add an extra page for the last! With that it would be:

::Please let me know if that works for you! Cheers PY Airbnb (talk) 15:34, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

:::@PY Airbnb: I see. EBook files sometimes have weird page numbering, especially if they're not PDFs, since you're able to change font size and other text formatting. I would prefer to use the one from IA, since it gives others the chance to verify it without having to purchase anything.

:::Searching the quotes gives pages 3-4 in the IA version (https://archive.org/details/airbnbstoryhowth0000gall/page/4/mode/2up?view=theater), so I've changed that. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 16:04, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

:{{Respond|greencheck2|Done}} with some adjustments to the citation information to match the IA version, ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 16:13, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

::{{replyto|ARandomName123}} Thanks! PY Airbnb (talk) 21:37, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

Career update 2

Hi editors, following up on the previous request, I propose making the following update to the second paragraph of the Career section:

{{textdiff|In October 2007, he moved to San Francisco to live with RISD classmate Joe Gebbia. Chesky did not have enough money to pay his rent, and they opened their house to short-term renters as a bed and breakfast, providing air mattresses for guests to sleep on and Pop-Tarts for breakfast during the Industrial Designers Society of America conference, when hotel rooms were scarce. The business became Airbnb.{{cite news |last1=Friedman |first1=Thomas L. |date=July 20, 2013 |title=Welcome to the 'Sharing Economy' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/opinion/sunday/friedman-welcome-to-the-sharing-economy.html |access-date=March 20, 2024 |work=The New York Times}} | Former classmate Joe Gebbia, with whom Chesky had worked on a summer project at RISD, contacted Chesky in 2007 with an invitation to become roommates in San Francisco. Chesky left his job at 3DID and moved in with Gebbia that September.{{r|"Gallagher"|p=6–7}}{{r|"Stone"|p=25}} The following month, the two did not have enough money to pay their rent and decided to rent air mattresses in their apartment during a conference of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design.{{Cite news | url=https://fortune.com/longform/brian-chesky-airbnb/ | title=The education of Airbnb's Brian Chesky |last=Gallagher | first=Leigh | work=Fortune | date=June 26, 2015 | url-access=subscription}} They served guests untoasted Pop-Tarts and orange juice, making approximately {{USD}}1,000 that weekend.{{r|"Gallagher"|p=10}}}}

This corrects the month of moving (October to September), the conference name, improves the phrasing around reuniting with Joe Gebbia, and replaces an op-ed with the Gallagher book as a stronger source. The new content looks like this:

{{box| Former classmate Joe Gebbia, with whom Chesky had worked on a summer project at RISD, contacted Chesky in 2007 with an invitation to become roommates in San Francisco. Chesky left his job at 3DID and moved in with Gebbia that September.{{r|"Gallagher"|p=6–7}}{{r|"Stone"|p=25}} The following month, the two did not have enough money to pay their rent and decided to rent air mattresses in their apartment during a conference of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design.{{Cite news | url=https://fortune.com/longform/brian-chesky-airbnb/ | title=The education of Airbnb's Brian Chesky |last=Gallagher | first=Leigh | work=Fortune | date=June 26, 2015 | url-access=subscription}} They served guests untoasted Pop-Tarts and orange juice, making approximately {{USD}}1,000 that weekend.{{r|"Gallagher"|p=10}}}}

Note: Source 3 is the Gallagher book already cited in the article, and Source 4 is the Stone book already cited

If editors are interested, I have created a draft page showing what I hope to change the Career section to, though the page numbers for the Gallagher book in the draft page utilize the Kindle page numbers rather than the pages of the copy on Internet Archive. {{ping|ARandomName123}} would you have any interest in reviewing this request? I have updated the page numbers for Gallagher in this request to reflect the IA copy. Please let me know what you think! PY Airbnb (talk) 21:37, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

:@PY Airbnb: Looks fine for the most part, but a transition to the end should be added to introduce the company, something along the lines of what is currently in the article. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 01:54, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

::{{replyto|ARandomName123}} thanks for taking a look! I was going to put that transition in the next paragraph, but it could be combined into this one. I was going to add the specific change to the name "Airbnb" a little later to better fit with the timeline of the company's history. Here's what I was thinking for the next paragraph:

::*Gebbia and Chesky asked Nathan Blecharczyk to work on a new website for the company, then known as Airbed & Breakfast. It launched before 2008's South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. Chesky was one of two bookings for the event, at which he met Michael Seibel, who would later connect Chesky with Y Combinator. The company re-launched again before the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Chesky targeted microblogs to advertise the service. It generated 80 bookings, which were paid for via a PayPal account. PayPal froze the account after deeming the activity suspicious.

::Together, and with all the citations, it looks like this:

::{{box| Former classmate Joe Gebbia, with whom Chesky had worked on a summer project at RISD, contacted Chesky in 2007 with an invitation to become roommates in San Francisco. Chesky left his job at 3DID and moved in with Gebbia that September.{{r|"Gallagher"|p=6–7}}{{r|"Stone"|p=25}} The following month, the two did not have enough money to pay their rent and decided to rent air mattresses in their apartment during a conference of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design.{{Cite news | url=https://fortune.com/longform/brian-chesky-airbnb/ | title=The education of Airbnb's Brian Chesky |last=Gallagher | first=Leigh | work=Fortune | date=June 26, 2015 | url-access=subscription}} They served guests untoasted Pop-Tarts and orange juice, making approximately {{USD}}1,000 that weekend.{{r|"Gallagher"|p=10}} Gebbia and Chesky asked Nathan Blecharczyk to work on a new website for the company, then known as Airbed & Breakfast.{{r|"Gallagher"|p=12–13}} It launched before 2008's South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. Chesky was one of two bookings for the event, at which he met Michael Seibel, who would later connect Chesky with Y Combinator.{{r|"Stone"|p=29–30}}{{r|"Gallagher"|p=13–16}} The company re-launched again before the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Chesky targeted microblogs to advertise the service. It generated 80 bookings, which were paid for via a PayPal account. PayPal froze the account after deeming the activity suspicious.{{r|"Gallagher"|p=18–20}}

(sources here are again the Gallagher and Stone books, respectively, with Gallagher updated to the IA page numbers)}}

::What do you think? PY Airbnb (talk) 16:33, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

Early days of Airbnb request update

Hi editors, after the discussion above I thought it best to close the previous request and repost with the full context for better clarity of what is being asked for.

I propose changing the second paragraph of the Career section to the following:

Gebbia and Chesky asked Nathan Blecharczyk to work on a new website for the company, then known as Airbed & Breakfast.{{r|"Gallagher"|p=12–13}} It launched before 2008's South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. Chesky was one of two bookings for the event, at which he met Michael Seibel, who would later connect Chesky with Y Combinator.{{r|"Stone"|p=29–30}}{{r|"Gallagher"|p=13–16}} The company re-launched again before the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Chesky targeted microblogs to advertise the service. It generated 80 bookings, which were paid for via a PayPal account. PayPal froze the account after deeming the activity suspicious.{{r|"Gallagher"|p=18–20}}}}

Rendered out, it looks like this:

{{box|Former classmate Joe Gebbia, with whom Chesky had worked on a summer project at RISD, contacted Chesky in 2007 with an invitation to become roommates in San Francisco. Chesky left his job at 3DID and moved in with Gebbia that September.{{r|"Gallagher"|p=6–7}}{{r|"Stone"|p=25}} The following month, the two did not have enough money to pay their rent and decided to rent air mattresses in their apartment during a conference of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design.{{Cite news | url=https://fortune.com/longform/brian-chesky-airbnb/ | title=The education of Airbnb's Brian Chesky |last=Gallagher | first=Leigh | work=Fortune | date=June 26, 2015 | url-access=subscription}} They served guests untoasted Pop-Tarts and orange juice, making approximately {{USD}}1,000 that weekend.{{r|"Gallagher"|p=10}}

}}

(sources here are again the Gallagher and Stone books, respectively, with Gallagher updated to the IA page numbers)

This does several things:

Corrects the month of moving
Improves context related to the relationship with Gebbia
Replaces an opinion piece with the book sources
Adds a paragraph with more context on Chesky's early efforts to found the company, work with Nathan Blecharczyk, connection to Michael Seibel, advertising at the 2008 DNC, and notes the early name of the company

Please let me know what you think! {{ping|ARandomName123}} I think this should help with your concern about the company name, but let me know if you'd like to see other changes! Cheers PY Airbnb (talk) 18:47, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

:@PY Airbnb: This part is a bit confusing, and is a run-on. Also this may be just me, but I would make the connection between the booking and the company more clear.: {{tq|It launched before 2008's South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. Chesky was one of two bookings for the event, at which he met Michael Seibel, who would later connect Chesky with Y Combinator.}}

:{{tq|Chesky targeted microblogs to advertise the service.}} This makes it seem like the microblogs were the only thing that generated the 80 bookings.

:{{tq|PayPal froze the account after deeming the activity suspicious.}} And then... ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 02:40, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

::{{ping|ARandomName123}} thanks for the feedback! I can certainly add a little more detail here that should clear things up. What do you think about this?

{{box|Gebbia and Chesky asked Nathan Blecharczyk to work on a new website for the company, then known as Airbed & Breakfast.{{r|"Gallagher"|p=12–13}} The site launched before 2008's South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, and generated two bookings, one of which was Chesky. He met Michael Seibel at SXSW, who would later connect him with Y Combinator and led to significant investment for Airbnb.{{r|"Stone"|p=29–30}}{{r|"Gallagher"|p=13–16}} The company re-launched again before the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. It was featured in TechCrunch, driving so much traffic to the company website that it crashed.{{r|"Gallagher"|p=19}}{{cite news |title=AirBed And Breakfast Takes Pad Crashing To A Whole New Level |url=https://techcrunch.com/2008/08/11/airbed-and-breakfast-takes-pad-crashing-to-a-whole-new-level/ |work=TechCrunch |last1=Schonfeld |first1=Erick |date=August 11, 2008 |access-date=June 10, 2025}} Chesky targeted microblogs to advertise the service, which led to a trickle-up to larger Denver-area publications including the Denver Post, then national publications including The New York Times. The strategy led to 800 room listings and 80 guest bookings.{{r|"Gallagher"|p=19–20}}

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::I think that makes things more clear. I removed the part about PayPal payments. Upon further reflection, that detail seemed less significant. Including it would look something like this I think:

::*Payments were collected via PayPal, which froze the founders' account after deeming the sudden payment spike suspicious. Blecharczyk contacted customer support to restore the account while Gebbia and Chesky assuaged customer concerns. Payments were completed by the end of the weekend.{{r|"Gallagher"|p=20}}

::Please let me know what you think! PY Airbnb (talk) 20:47, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

:::~~Looks good to me! {{done}}~~ ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 01:43, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

::::@PY Airbnb: {{Partly done}} On second thought, the sentence {{tq|Chesky targeted microblogs to advertise the service, which led to a trickle-up to larger Denver-area publications including the Denver Post, then national publications including The New York Times. }} makes it seem like Chesky was the one to do this, when the source attributes it to the founders as a group "they...". ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 02:11, 19 June 2025 (UTC)