Lecture 10 - Culture (Brian Chesky, Alfred Lin)

Brian Chesky, Founder of Airbnb, and Alfred Lin, Former COO of Zappos and Partner at Sequoia Capital discuss how to build a great company culture.

[sniperstaryt]

15 year me learning about big companies from 12 years
so far this series is the best

[bluecuracao]

This is price and you can literally feel that passion from Bryan, thank you!
I wish every entrepreneur had the same missionary values in his/her mind

[community]

Amazing..Airbnb is quite the story. When I attended the Startup School 2016 in the valley, I was determined to stay in Airbnb shared room and ride Uber shared. It was the most amazing experience I've ever had; the people I met as house mates were world-class, smart, enthusiastic travelers, and I would not give up that experience for anything - even a 5 Star hotel. Frugality as a driver of creativity is amazing; it is the mother of invention!

[jiantesterhjks]

It is amazing if you think Stanford could share this to the public

[IrinaJordan]

Outstanding lecture. Brian is a dynamic speaker who is a true advocate of the company he's founded. I agree with Paul Graham's advice that you want "100 people love you versus 1000 people sort of care about you and your product/service". You can think about scaling after you have a core group of passionate fans on board. #startup #airbnb #culture  

[macbroadcast]

41:55 Paul Graham Quote " Its better to have 100 people that love you then a million who dont care."

[karmafairy]

Wow, completely mind blown! I wish the lecture had been longer! Brain is obviously a very intelligent person and could talk a lot more than just the "culture". 

[mariamsargsyan]

In Professor Lin’s opinion, culture can be defined as--member of the team in pursuit of a company’s--. It’s all about how you fill in the blanks. Assumptions, beliefs, and values fill in the first blank, and an action fills in the second blank. I really liked his approach towards this.
“Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become the habits. Your habits become your values. And your values become your destiny” said Gandhi. This provides you with “stability to fall back on” because “it becomes a way to align people on values that matter to the company, ” explains Lin.

[YazinS]

"Figure out the perfect experience for one person (without worrying about how it would scale)"
Figure out how to make it scale AFTER

[leonelcastillo.o]

The answer to the last question was one of the best parts of the lecture for me! Nive revelation

[BerniWar]

:~37:00 How to start a company : Articulate the Vision, Develop the Strategy, Have Great People 

[localancers]

I like the "Magic Button" idea 44:11 :)
Many useful advices in this episode.
Thanks!

[LokeshKumarIIT]

this is a great lecture on culture equivalent to a diamond advice for new beginners which they often dont think about till they raise and are on fire to hire their employees

[fostiak]

Fourth. This video contains some excellent advice, but enough already with the "every one thought it was a crazy idea . . . no one would ever stay in some one's home" mythmaking. I've heard this myth repeated from two prominent presenters during these lectures, and I have to call BS. Couchsurfing was founded as a nonprofit in 2003 and was a recognized phenomenon worldwide when Airbnb got started. Couchsurfing's early success was an existence proof of the market demand for this marketplace play. It took some exceptional, driven people to see that opportunity and turn it into a billion dollar company, and they deserve tremendous credit for it, but let's not continue with this "it was a crazy idea that nobody but us saw" myth.

[Chasenoir]

We live in a time where you can graduate as an MBA, and actually have real world application as a founder. Thank you Stanford.

[PrinceKumar-zbus]

Thanks for teaching importance of values, core and principle

[ProlDaniel]

Second! :) The culture of a startup is like a new family for you

[manolohk]

I agree, culture is for long term companies.. Culture is one of the main supports of a startup. Crisis may come in early days and culture will always be there to support you. I believe it is a must have investment, and you´ll just know once you achieve to build one.

[StanGanweizhong]

Comprehensively shared by both on the topic.

[ericervin]

fantastic presentation. Thank you for sharing.