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Necessity. chesky quit his design job and joined gebia in san francisco. between the two of them, they couldnt pay their first months rent. >> it turns out that weekend, there was this international design conference. all the hotels were sold out and we had this idea, lets create a bed and breakfast for the design conference. we pulled the air beds on out of the conference, we inflated them and called it the air bed & breakfast. >> a light bulb went off, but early skeptics of their idea didnt be...

Was born of necessity. he quit his design job and joined a partner in san francisco. between the two of them, they couldnt pay their first months rent. >> that weekend, there was a conference. all the hotels were sold out. we had this idea, lets create a bed and breakfast for the conference. we pulled air beds out and inflated them. we called it the air bed and breakfast. >> reporter: a lightbulb went off. early skeptics didnt believe people would invite strangers into their homes. in 2008 witho...

Live there. even if its just for a night. >> the original concept involved buying three air mattresses and renting their apartment out as air bed and breakfast. >> and the kind of breakthrough moment was one of their customers, a i think fairly famous drummer said im going to be gone, out of town. can i rent my apartment when im not even there. i wont be able to provide breakfast, which was part of it. they said, yeah, i guess that makes sense, and the entire business was transformed from there....

Even if its just for a night. >> the original concept involved buying three air mattresses and renting their apartment out as air bed and breakfast. >> and the kind of breakthrough moment was one of their customers, a i think fairly famous drummer said im going to be gone, out of town. can i rent my apartment when im not even there. i wont be able to provide breakfast, which was part of it. they said, yeah, i guess that makes sense, and the entire business was transformed from there. without tha...

Room. >> wherever you go, dont go there. live there. even if its just for a night. >> the original concept involved buying three air mattresses and renting their apartment out as air bed and breakfast. >> and the kind of break through moment was one of their customers i think was a fairly famous drummer. who said im going to be gone, im going to be out of town, can i rent my place while im not there? and they said, yeah, i guess that makes sense. and the entire business was transformed. and i th...

B.a.s.e. jumper, he is no stranger to high-flying feats. >> i have jumped from the eiffel tower, ridden bmx bike off beachy head, ive donnellsons collin, london eye, inside the millennium dome. >> each of those times he used a parachute, but this jump is different. if he succeeds, he will be the first person ever intentionally to sky dive without using one. connery spent months working with a designer to create a custom wing suit. >> wing suits are basically suits made of simple material. they a...

Inside the millenial dome. >> each of those times he used a parachute. this jump is different. if he succeeds, he will be the first person ever intentionally to sky dive without using one. connery spent months working with a designer to create a custom wing suit. >> wing suits are basically suits made of simple material. theyre double skin, and then youve got air intakes up on the shoulders here. so it kind of inflates like a double air bed. we made it much thicker so it allows notice fly much, ...

Like roomarama and the biggest, air b air bnb. >> whether where you want to -- whether where you want to go. on air bnb.com you can book and stay in any one you like, all for a price that suits you. john: its part of the new sharing economy; people advertise their homes or extra a rooms on web sites like roomarama or airbnb which stands for air bed and breakfast, tourists pick homes to stay in instead of hotels. this mother and daughter who wanted to visit new york city found an apartment where ...

Like roomarama and the biggest, air b air bnb. >> whether where you want to -- whether where you want to go. on air bnb.com you can book and stay in any one you like, all for a price that suits you. john: its part of the new sharing economy; people advertise their homes or extra a rooms on web sites like roomarama or airbnb which stands for air bed and breakfast, tourists pick homes to stay in instead of hotels. this mother and daughter who wanted to visit new york city found an apartment where ...

A chute. he is attempting to jump from 2400 feet without a parachute. a film and tv stuntman and avid base jumper, he is no stranger to high flying fets. >> i have jumped from the eiffel tower, rid an bmx bike, the london eye, inside the millennium dome. >> each of those times he used a parachute, but this jump is different. if he succeeds, he will be the first person ever intentionally to sky dive without using one. connery spent months working with a designer to create a custom wing suit. >> w...