they don't fly much higher than the cofounder of airbnb, nathan blecharcyzyk, today's highflyer.irbnb has listings in nearly every country on the planet, a trailblazer of the sharing economy. is today'sharcyzyk highflyer. financially self-sufficient at 14, able to make his own way through harvard, nathan blecharcyzyk always knew he wanted to be an entrepreneur. the company he started in 2008 is now valued at more than $30 billion. a chief strategy officer at airbnb, nate overseas operations from the company's san francisco headquarters, the company which through the sharing economy could further shape our lives. ♪ hasalinda: nathan blecharcyzyk, welcome to high flyers. good to have you with us today. thanks. hasalinda: you know, airbnb, it was a model that was never meant to take off. it was a model against everything your parents taught you. never bring strangers into your house. here you are, one of three cofounders. take us through the early days. nathan: that's right. this doesn't start with business ambitions. we were solving our own problem, how to pay the rent. hasalinda:

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they don't fly much higher than the cofounder of airbnb, nathan blecharcyzyk, today's highflyer. rbnb has listings in nearly every country on the planet, a trailblazer of the sharing economy. financially self-sufficient at 14, able to make his own way through harvard, nathan always knew he wanted to be an entrepreneur. the company he started in 2008 is now valued at more than $30 billion. a chief strategy officer at airbnb from the company's san francisco headquarters, the company which through the sharing economy could further shape our lives. ♪ nate, welcome to high flyers. good to have you with us today. >> thanks. >> you know, airbnb, it was a model that was never meant to take off. it was a model against everything your parents taught you. never bring strangers into your house. here you are, one of three cofounders. take us through the early days. >> that's right. this doesn't start with business ambitions. we were solving our own problem, how to pay the rent. >> broke. >> we were roommates in san francisco. suddenly, in the summer of 2007, the rent an apartment was raised 25

they don't fly much higher than the founder of airbnb, nathan blecharcyzyk, today's highflyer. ♪ nathan

they don't fly much higher than the cofounder of airbnb, nathan blecharcyzyk, today's highflyer.

they don't fly much higher than the cofounder of airbnb, nathan blecharcyzyk, today's highflyer.ings in nearly every country on the planet, a trailblazer of the sharing economy.

they don't fly much higher than the founder of airbnb, nathan blecharcyzyk, today's highflyer. ♪ financiallyt 14, nathan always knew he wanted to be an entrepreneur. the company he started in 2008 is now valued at more than $36 billion. achieve strategy officer at airbnb, from the company's san francisco headquarters, the company to which sharing economy could further shape our lives. ♪ nate, welcome to high flyers. good to have you with us today. nate: thanks. haslinda: airbnb, it was a model against everything your parents taught you. here you are, one of three cofounders. take us through the early days. nate: that's right. this doesn't start with business ambitions. we were solving our own problem, how to pay the rent. haslinda: broke. nate: we were roommates in san francisco. in the summer of 2007, the rent an apartment was raised 25%. i said i'm out of here, but the two other guys wanted to say. they became entrepreneurs, also known as unemployed. [laughter] they were broke as well. they went to an international design conference in san francisco. all the hotels were sold out. they thou

they don't fly much higher than the cofounder of airbnb, nathan blecharcyzyk, today's highflyer.ted in almost every single country on the planet. a trailblazer, he is today's highflyer. ♪ financially self-sufficient at 14 years old, able to pay his own way through harvard, nathan always knew he wanted to be an entrepreneur. the company he started in 2008 is now valued at more than $36 billion. a chief strategy officer at airbnb, from the company's san francisco headquarters, the company to which sharing economy could further shape our lives. ♪ haslinda: nate, welcome to "high flyers." good to have you with us today. nathan: thanks. haslinda: airbnb, it was a model never meant to take off. it was against everything your parents taught you. never bring strangers to your own home, but here you are, one of three cofounders. take us through the early days. nathan: that's right. this didn't start with big business ambitions. we were solving our own problem, how to pay the rent. haslinda: broke. nathan: we were roommates in san francisco. in the summer of 2007, the rent on our apartment