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By Kelly Faircloth 1/16 12:46pm

Airbnb CEO: Regulatory Challenges Are Partly a ‘Design Problem’

Airbnb greatly values design, and for good reason. Fugly old Craigslist’s primacy in New York apartment rentals notwithstanding, most people don’t want to rent a room using a website that looks like a social network for serial killers.

But could it be that CEO Brian Chesky perhaps overestimates the power of design just a tad? Read More

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