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People who have extra space in their homes with people who are traveling and need a place to stay. that is brilliant idea. again, disruption, disruption, disruption. competing with the hiltons and the marriotts all over the world. >> in 2016, airbnb was valued at $30 billion. >> it's the largest hotel company in the world in a very short period of time that actually owns nothing. >> next on martha's list is a guy who turned the taxi business upside down, with no previous experience. >> travis kalanick has built with his partners an amazing business in a very short period of time. obviously, ba...

We want to keep our community safe. this is our community, this is where we live. we need to make sure that we have a beautiful place for our children to live. together, we're building a better california. still to come, martha names her greatest maverick entrepreneur. a man who's changing the world for the second time in his life. but next, martha nominates more digital disrupters. mavericks who are upending traditional business models. >> there are two more businesses which i think are extremely disruptive, but also i think very brilliant in their conception. brian chesky and his partners ...

Live there. even if it's 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 i'm going to be gone, out of town. can i rent my apartment when i'm not even there. i won't 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 that inspiration and mini pivot, i don't know if it would be what it is today. >> somet...

That is a brilliant idea. again, disruption, disruption, disruption. competing with the hiltons and the marriotts all over the world. >> in 2016, airbnb was valued at $30 billion. >> it's the largest hotel company in the world in a very short period of time that actually owns nothing. >> next on martha's list is a guy who turned the taxi business upside down, with no previous experience. >> travis polancheck has built with his partners an amazing business in a very short period of time. obviously, basing that business on dissatisfaction with car services and taxis. that's a big, big business, ...

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