Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says ‘founder mode’ cost him almost his entire executive team: ‘They left or they didn’t want to work for me’

Long before he cofounded Airbnb—the now-$105 billion short-term rental platform—in 2008, Brian Chesky was practicing being a founder as a kid—designing things, disassembling Christmas toys, and persuading friends to buy what he was selling. By the time he started a company, he figured he’d been preparing for the job his whole life, with 20 years of founder experience under his belt. Stepping into the CEO role, however, was a different matter.

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