Leigh Gallagher Livres

“Dazzling... Who You Might Be is a brilliant, splintery coming-of-age novel that perfectly captures the nervous thrum of adolescence and the unnerving fragility of adulthood. Gallagher is so acutely attuned to the lies (and secrets) we tell (and keep from) ourselves and others. It puts me in mind of Emma Cline and Rachel Kushner.”―Award-winning author Peter Ho DaviesA fiercely original and propulsive debut novel about the unexpected turns in life that ultimately determine who we become.It’s the late nineties―the dawn of the internet―and Judy and Meghan have lied to their mothers and run away for the weekend, to see a girl they’ve met in a chat room. Meanwhile, twelve-year-old Cassie, desperately clinging to childhood hopes, travels deep into the Nevada desert to reunite with her real mother at a strange and isolated compound. And, across the country, Caleb, an entitled teenager, is miserable following his family’s move from upper-crust San Francisco to boring Ann Arbor―until, emboldened by privilege, his tours of blighted Detroit become graffiti-writing escapades, with his faithful little brother in tow.Each of these adventures derails in severe, alarming ways, only to resurface and collide two decades later in an unforgettable finale that explores the power―and limits―of the narratives that come to define us. Deftly written and peopled with precisely drawn, indelible characters pushed to great extremes, Leigh N. Gallagher's Who You Might Be considers the ramifications of life’s most trying encounters and the resilience it takes to determine for ourselves who we might be.

In 2008, two broke art school graduates and their coder-whiz friend set up a platform that - in less than a decade - became the largest provider of accommodations in the world. Now valued at $30 billion, Airbnb is in the very top tier of Silicon Valley's `unicorn' startups. Yet the company has not been without controversy - disrupting a $500 billion hotel industry makes you a few enemies. This is also a story of regulators who want to shut it down, hotel industry leaders who want it to disappear and neighbourhoods that struggle with private homes open for public rental. But beyond the headlines and the horror stories, Airbnb has changed the terms of travel for a whole generation - where a sense of belonging has built trust between hosts and guests seeking a more original travel experience that hotels have struggled to replicate. This is the first, definitive book to tell the remarkable story behind Airbnb in all its forms - cultural zeitgeist, hotel disruptor, enemy to regulators - and the first in-depth character study of its leader Brian Chesky, the company's curious co-founder and CEO. It reveals what got Airbnb where it is today, why they are nothing like Uber, and where they are going next.

A thorough and objective profile of this groundbreaking and unusual company covers its founders, meteoric rise, nagging troubles, and global popularity.

Created just eight years ago, Airbnb has become hugely disruptive in the long standing hotel business and in entire urban economies. Drawing upon extensive research and years of interviews with Brian Chesky, the youthful CEO of Airbnb, Leigh Gallagher will present a thorough and objective account of this unusual company, examining its meteoric and colorful rise, its nagging troubles, its popularity around the world, and the concerns regarding its growth and potential pitfalls. It's meant to appeal to both general business readers as well as anyone who has used or been tempted by Airbnb.

Airbnb hat im Handumdrehen die Übernachtungsindustrie revolutioniert und alle bisherigen dort geltenden Regeln auf den Kopf gestellt. Vorbei ist die Zeit von Hotels mit Halb- und Vollpension, stattdessen mieten sich heute weltweit Reisende aller Altersstufen über Airbnb in die Wohnungen und Häuser von Privatleuten ein. Getreu dem Slogan: Sei dort zuhause! Was Millionen Reisende freut, eben dass sie günstig und mit viel Lokalkolorit übernachten können, fürchten Hotellerie und Mieter in vielen Städten, in denen fast ganze Stadtviertel nur noch bei Airbnb zu buchen sind. Die Idee einiger Studenten hat so praktisch über Nacht das drittgrößte Einhorn-Start-up der Welt geschaffen. Leigh Gallagher beleuchtet in ihrem Buch die Gründer und ihre Geschichte: Sie präsentiert Porträts des Airbnb-CEOs Brian Chesky und von den Mitgründern Nathan Blecharczyk und Joe Gebbia und beschreibt erstmalig mit viel Insiderwissen den steilen Aufstieg von Airbnb.