Brian Chesky

“people tell you to hire great people and trust them and get out of their way to do their job. That is what you do once you're very mature, right? That is a death sentence to a young company.”

“I call it being in the details. I'm not going to tell you what to do, but you're not going to tell me to back off. We're going to be in the foxhole together.”

“I'll give you empowerment, but not autonomy.”

“Almost the entire exec team left.”