From Potato Hotels to Hobbit Inns: How She Built the World’s Most Famous Airbnbs

2024-04-23

Meet Kristie Wolfe — the entrepreneur and builder behind some of the world’s most famous Airbnbs including the Big Idaho Potato Hotel, The Big Island Treehouse, The Hobbit Inn, and several others. Growing up, Kristie always wanted to do her own thing – she convinced her parents to let her drop out of high school because she felt like she could learn more about business outside of the classroom. Kristie is a true creative — she gets an idea in her head and just has to execute it…even if, and arguably especially if, it doesn’t make sense to other people. In this conversatio...

Growing up, Kristie always wanted to do her own thing – she convinced her parents to let her drop out of high school because she felt like she could learn more about business outside of the classroom.

Kristie is a true creative — she gets an idea in her head and just has to execute it…even if, and arguably especially if, it doesn’t make sense to other people.

In this conversation, Kristie and I discuss:

Why she built her first unique Airbnb — long before anyone else was doing it
How she forged an early partnership with Airbnb as the company started dreaming up would would eventually become “categories”
How she creatively financed each of her builds
Why she thinks what she builds resonates with folks
What she’s working on next
And so much more

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