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  1 The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions . . . and Created Plenty of Controversy
Author: Gallagher, Leigh (Journalist)
 
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Class: 647.94
Age: Adult
Language: English
LC: TX911.2
Print Run: 50000
ISBN-13: 9780544952669
LCCN: 2016055935
Imprint: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub Date: 02/14/2017
Availability: Out of Stock Indefinitely
List: $28.00
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Physical Description: xx, 236 pages ; 24 cm H 9", W 6", D 0.97", 0.95 lbs.
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Brodart Sources: Brodart's Insight Catalog: Adult
Brodart's TOP Adult Titles
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Awards: Library Journal Starred Reviews
Starred Reviews: Library Journal
TIPS Subjects: Business
Hospitality Industry
Travel/Tourism
BISAC Subjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General
LC Subjects: Airbnb (Firm)
Bed and breakfast accommodations
Corporations, History
Hospitality industry
Internet industry, United States
SEARS Subjects: Entrepreneurship
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Annotations
Brodart's TOP Adult Titles | 11/01/2016
Publisher Annotation: Created just eight years ago, Airbnb has become hugely disruptive in the longstanding hotel business and in entire urban economies. Drawing upon extensive research and years of interviews with Brian Chesky, the youthful CEO of Airbnb, Leigh Gallagher will present a thorough and objective account of this unusual company, examining its meteoric and colorful rise, its nagging troubles, its popularity around the world, and the concerns regarding its growth and potential pitfalls. It's meant to appeal to both general business readers as well as anyone who has used or been tempted by Airbnb. 256pp., 50K
Starred Reviews:
Library Journal | 03/15/2017
Airbnb, Inc. grew from a venture of two unemployed art school graduates from San Francisco renting out air mattresses in their apartment in 2007 to a "juggernaut today with a $30 billion private-market valuation, some one hundred forty million' guest arrivals'...and an inventory that is three million listings strong." Gallagher (assistant managing editor, Fortune) tells of Airbnb founders Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk, and how the company achieved such phenomenal success. Airbnb brings together people who want to rent out space in their homes to travelers via its website. It takes a commission or service fee for all reservations. The growth of the business was not without obstacles, including horrific accounts of homeowners returning to find their residences trashed; scams by renters; complaints by neighbors; regulatory issues; and hotel companies seeing the start-up "as a disruptive threat." The author also describes the management and company culture of Airbnb, and how today the founders are looking for new markets, aware of competitors such as HomeAway. VERDICT Highly recommended for researchers and students of business as well as potential entrepreneurs, and anybody interested in Airbnb's success story. Lucy Heckman, St. John's Univ. Lib., Queens, NY. 256p. LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2017.
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Review Citations
New York Times Book Review | 06/25/2017