Joe Gebbia

Joe Gebbia

Airbnb Co-Founder & Design Pioneer

Joe Gebbia co-founded Airbnb and shaped its design-first culture. His reading spans sustainable business, marketing innovation, and creative thinking.

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Joe Gebbia is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Airbnb, the global hospitality platform that fundamentally changed how people travel and find accommodation. Known for his design background and focus on human-centered innovation, Gebbia has been instrumental in building Airbnb's brand identity and user experience. His intellectual interests reflect a commitment to sustainable business practices and creative problem-solving.

6 Books Recommended by Joe Gebbia

Ranked by popularity across all reading lists on this site

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#1

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5 people recommendedrecommended 3x

Make something that’s distinct enough that people want to talk about it.

Make something that’s distinct enough that people want to talk about it.

Make something that’s distinct enough that people want to talk about it.

Also recommended by: Jay Z, Cindy Eckert, Jodie Cook, Noah Kagan

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#2

What’s Our Problem?

by Tim Urban

4 people recommendedrecommended 3x

Best book of 2023. Funny, informative, and authentic.

Best book of 2023. Funny, informative, and authentic.

Best book of 2023. Funny, informative, and authentic.

Also recommended by: Elon Musk, Tobi Lutke, Liv Boeree

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#3

Natural Capitalism

by Paul Hawken

2 people recommended

This other way of thinking about how we consume things in the planet.

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Also recommended by: Ashton Kutcher

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#4

Cradle to Cradle

by Michael Braungart

Was hugely influential.

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#5

All Marketers are Liars

by Seth Godin

recommended 3x

I remember something that [the author] says in there which I never forgot, which is to make something people want to talk about.

I remember something that [the author] says in there which I never forgot, which is to make something people want to talk about.

I remember something that [the author] says in there which I never forgot, which is to make something people want to talk about.

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#6

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

by Kevin Eastman

[Around the second grade] I was totally hooked – Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael, everybody. I was in it.

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