Mobile Apps from Brian Chesky

Resy

Resy powers the world's best restaurants, using technology to imagine the future of hospitality. If you're a person who loves dining out but hates hassling for reservations, download Resy now! Book sought-after seats at the best restaurants in 80 cities worldwide.
Brian Chesky
Entrepreneur
'In the USA there's a restaurant-booking app called Resy that lets you choose from a curated roster of the coolest restaurants in every city, and reserve seats. You can pay for your meal through the app too.'
Mobile Apps from Brian Chesky

Spotify: Listen to new music, podcasts, and songs

With Spotify, you can play millions of songs and podcasts for free. Listen to the songs and podcasts you love and find music from all over the world. • Discover new music, albums, and podcasts • Search for your favorite song, artist, or podcast • Enjoy playlists made just for you • Make and share your own playlists • Find music for any mood and activity • Listen on your mobile, tablet, desktop, PlayStation, Chromecast, TV, and speakers Play music for free on your mobile and tablet with Spotify. Listen to music, albums, playlists, and podcasts wherever you are. With Spotify, you have access to a world of free music, curated playlists, artists, and podcasts you love. Discover new music, podcasts and listen to your favorite artists, albums, or create a playlist with the latest songs to suit your mood. Spotify also offers free music, curated playlists and thousands of podcasts you can’t find anywhere else. Find music from your favorite artists, and listen to new music for free. • Free music and podcasts made easy – Listen to a playlist, album or play music by any artist on shuffle mode Listen to music and podcasts on your tablet for free • Play any song, artist, podcast, album, or playlist and enjoy a personalised music experience
Brian Chesky
Entrepreneur
If I’m not interacting with someone, I’m listening to music on Spotify. I listen to random songs, friends’ playlists, and the radio. A couple of my favorite stations are Bob Dylan and Miles Davis. It’s pretty common to find me on Evernote while listening to music on Spotify.”
Mobile Apps from Brian Chesky

Evernote

- Focus on what matters most and have access to your information when you need it. - Input typed notes or scan handwritten notes, add to-do’s, photos, images, web pages, or audio... and it’s all instantly searchable. - Create notebooks, organizers, planners and organize them any way you want and share with anyone. - Sync your notes and notebooks across your devices so your information is always with you. "Use Evernote as the place you put everything … Don’t ask yourself which device it’s on—it’s in Evernote" – The New York Times
Brian Chesky
Entrepreneur
I’m constantly on Evernote. I don’t take any notes on paper and I keep my inbox at zero, so Evernote is how I keep track of everything: to-dos, ideas, lists, notes.
Articles from Brian Chesky

College Is Everywhere Now

Yale students in Barbados. Michigan students in Brooklyn. Berkeley students in Las Vegas? Off-campus housing is way off-campus now.
Brian Chesky
Entrepreneur
Unexpected use case... College students living together around the world on Airbnb.
Articles from Brian Chesky

African countries are struggling to build robust identity systems

But that may soon change, thanks to help from an unlikely quarter
Brian Chesky
Entrepreneur
About 1 billion people lack official proof of their identities.
Articles from Brian Chesky

Startup Investing for Sport and Profit

How Andreessen Horowitz’s Jeff Jordan turned a pickup game and a team sports mentality into a VC strategy, and why the Warriors may not be the biggest game in town
Brian Chesky
Entrepreneur
The Most Important Basketball Game in Silicon Valley
Places from Brian Chesky

MoMA

MoMA is a place that fuels creativity, ignites minds, and provides inspiration. Its extraordinary exhibitions and collection of modern and contemporary art are dedicated to helping you understand and enjoy the art of our time. Caption: The Museum of Modern Art, designed by Yoshio Taniguchi. Entrance at 53rd Street. Photo © 2011 Timothy Hursley
Brian Chesky
Entrepreneur
Joebot and I at the MOMA bash
Places from Brian Chesky

Washington Square Park

Washington Square Park is a public park in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. One of the best known of New York City's public parks, it is an icon as well as a meeting place and center for cultural activity. It is operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. The park is an open space, dominated by the Washington Square Arch at the northern gateway to the park, with a tradition of celebrating nonconformity. The park's fountain area has long been one of the city's popular spots for residents and tourists. Most of the buildings surrounding the park now belong to New York University, but many have at one time served as homes and studios for artists. Some of the buildings have been built by NYU while others have been converted from their former uses into academic and residential buildings. __TOC__
Brian Chesky
Entrepreneur
It's snow day! All my meetings were cancelled, so I spent the day in NY with @elissapatel. We walked to Washington Square Park, made lunch in our #Airbnb, and best of all Facetimed with my parents golden retriever, Sandy.
Places from Brian Chesky

Failla Wines (St. Helena)

Brian Chesky
Entrepreneur
Used the new Places' tab from the Airbnb app for the first time and found myself at @faillawines.
Places from Brian Chesky

Walt Disney Family Museum

The Walt Disney Family Museum (WDFM) is an American museum that features the life and legacy of Walt Disney. The museum is located in The Presidio of San Francisco, part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco. The museum retrofitted and expanded three existing historic buildings on the Presidio’s Main Post. The principal building, at 104 Montgomery Street, faces the Parade Ground, and opened on October 1, 2009. The Walt Disney Family Museum is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was formally owned, operated and funded by the Walt Disney Family Foundation, a non-profit organization established by Disney's heirs including Diane Disney Miller, Disney's daughter and founder of the museum. It is not formally associated with The Walt Disney Company, the media and entertainment enterprise.
Brian Chesky
Entrepreneur
Your favorite place to think big. Oh my god. The Walt Disney family museum.
Cities from Brian Chesky

Osaka

is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan. It is the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and the largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Japan and among the largest in the world with more than 20 million inhabitants. Osaka was traditionally considered Japan's economic hub. By the Kofun period (300–538) it had developed into an important regional port, and in the 7th and 8th centuries it served briefly as the imperial capital. Osaka continued to flourish during the Edo period (1603–1867) and became known as a center of Japanese culture. Following the Meiji Restoration, Osaka greatly expanded in size and underwent rapid industrialization. In 1889, Osaka was officially established as a municipality. Today's Osaka is a major financial center of Japan. It is home to the Osaka Securities Exchange as well as the multinational electronics corporations Panasonic and Sharp. Famous landmarks in Osaka include Osaka Castle - which played a pivotal role in the Siege of Osaka and was featured in the 1980 American television mini-series "Shogun") and Shitennō-ji - the oldest Buddhist temple in Japan.
Brian Chesky
Entrepreneur
Which destination are you most excited about visiting? My girlfriend and I really want to go to Osaka. We spent a week last April in Tokyo discovering the food, but people say Osaka has the best restaurants in the world.
Cities from Brian Chesky

Arles

Arles (also label=commune in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture, in the former province of Provence. A large part of the Camargue is located on the territory of the commune, making it the largest commune in Metropolitan France in terms of territory (though Maripasoula, French Guiana, is much larger). The city has a long history, and was of considerable importance in the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis. The Roman and Romanesque Monuments of Arles were listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1981. The Dutch post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh lived in Arles from 1888 to 1889 and produced over 300 paintings and drawings during his time there. An international photography festival has been held in the city since 1970.
Brian Chesky
Entrepreneur
In my trip to Arles, I was reminded when we do finally slow down, we see what was before us the entire time. It is only then that we can experience the transformational powers of travel, which will set us down a path that does not end when we return.
Restaurants from Brian Chesky

Sylvias Harlem Restaurant | Queen of Soulfood

Brian Chesky
Entrepreneur
Had the pleasure today to share a meal with Reverend Al Sharpton at @sylviasrestaurant in Harlem. Truly an amazing leader and inspiration
Restaurants from Brian Chesky

Rocco's Cucina, Los Angeles

Brian Chesky
Entrepreneur
I’ve been to tons of restaurants around the city but I always end up at three,” he says — his other favourites, Radius and Rocco’s, are also in Soma. “It doesn’t matter how successful I am, I’m still going to be eating breakfast at Rocco’s every day.”