Is Airbnb throwing money away hiring Jony Ive and ex-Apple marketing VP?

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bromance23

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bromance23
Dec 6, 2020 5 Comments

Both Jony Ive and Hiroki Asai were Steve Jobs' right hand men. Airbnb is simply a travel company, why pay up the ass for these two costly employees? I get it if they have competitors in their space, but they are essentially the only company in town. Why waste so much money on marketing and design?

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    mr snrub

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    mr snrub
    They do have competitors, and evidently they consider design and marketing to be a key differentiator. This seems reasonable to me.

    It is a lot more surprising to me that they pay so much for so many expensive engineers.
    Dec 6, 2020 0
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    Ladero

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    Ladero
    The CEO is a designer. It is not surprising that they are paying one of the top firm to help. It may also help for the IPO.
    Dec 6, 2020 0
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    suckerbeg

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    suckerbeg
    Airbnb is a design company
    Dec 7, 2020 0
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  • As others have pointed out, there's a lot of competitors in this space and more will arise in the coming years. Since it isn't really something you can take a proprietary technology approach to, other differentiators are needed to set them apart.
    Dec 6, 2020 0