Chip Conley worked at Airbnb from 2013 to 2021 and emphasized the importance of alignment when collaborating with a founder like Brian Chesky. During a podcast, Conley stated that staff should establish goals before meetings and not depend too heavily on presentation slides. He highlighted that founders are dynamic and discussions can stray from prepared content. Conley pointed out that he joined Airbnb largely due to Chesky's growth mindset, despite initial reservations about the business model.
"When Brian or the founder, whoever it is, is beating you up on something, say, 'Well, let me tell you why it looks like that or why we are doing that."
"I always wanted to really limit the deck as much as possible because I didn't know where the meeting was going to go. The deck's helpful at the start to just sort of set principles, set goals."
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