Kwabaningi kuzozwakala I-Airbnb, isiqhwaga sezivakashi esazalwa sinombono wokwabelana ngendawo yokuhlala ukuhambela umhlaba wonke. Umbono wokuqala wokuthi, njengoba wazi, wawuguquka kuyo yonke le minyaka kwaze kwaba maphakathi nempikiswano ngenxa yamandla enkampani eyenze isikhungo samadolobha amaningi saphelelwa ngabantu ngenxa yezokuvakasha. Ezokuvakasha zimbi kakhulu, kanti ne-Airbnb nayo… Ukwenza lokhu Basanda kuhlangana noJony Ive ukuzama ukuvuselela inkampani ngemikhiqizo emisha kanye nokuhlangenwe nakho.
Njengoba sikutshela, UJony Ive uqala neLoveFrom ukudala nokuklama imikhiqizo emisha ye-Airbnb nokuhlangenwe nakho, futhi lokhu ikwenza ngesikhathi lapho inkampani ibhekene nesikhathi sayo esibi kakhulu (sifunda ukuthi balahlekelwa ngesikhathi beboshiwe emhlabeni wonke konke ababekuzuzile ngokuba khona kwe-Airbnb). Ukubambisana okungekusha kepha manje okungena ngokuphelele enkampanini ngenhloso yokuyithuthukisa. Ngamazwi kaBrian Chesky, isikhulu esiphezulu se-Airbnb:
Kuyangijabulisa ukumemezela ukuthi uJony kanye namanye amalungu e-LoveFrom bazobambisana ngokubambisana okukhethekile nami nethimba le-Airbnb. Senze isinqumo sokusebenzisana ngobudlelwano beminyaka eminingi ukuklama isizukulwane esilandelayo semikhiqizo nezinsizakalo ze-Airbnb. UJony uzosisiza nokuthi siqhubeke nokuthuthukisa ithimba lethu lokwakha ngaphakathi, ngokusho kukaJony, elingenye yezinto ezihamba phambili emhlabeni. UJony ujabule kakhulu ngobudlelwano obuzoguquka bube ukusebenzisana okujulile nethimba lethu lobuciko.
Kuzodingeka ukubona ukuqondiswa okusha kwenkampani, UJony Ive umake ngaphambi nangemva kwa-Apple njengoba kwenza uSteve Jobs, yebo, inkampani iyaqhubeka nokusebenza ngemuva kokuhamba kwakhe ngakho akayena umlingiswa obalulekile. I-Airbnb ngokwengxenye yayo seyithuthukise okwenzekile isikhathi esithile, iningi lazo liku-inthanethi ngenxa yobhadane lwe-COVID-19, yingakho ukusebenzisana UJony Ive anganika umfutho kulo mzila omusha webhizinisi lakwa-Airbnb. Eqinisweni, bagxile kokuhlangenwe nakho kwabo ukuthi muva nje baqale ukusebenzisana neKomidi lama-Olimpiki Lamazwe Ngamazwe ukudala amava ngabadlali be-Olimpiki. Sizobona ukuthi lokhu kusebenzisana kuhumusha kanjani ...