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We cre­at­ed a coed cheer­lead­ing team called the Jockstraps, because they sup­port­ed the Nads.īut, some­thing was miss­ing. We had the biggest chal­lenge ever: How do you get art stu­dents to attend a sports game? We had to reimag­ine a sports team to do it. I joined the team my fresh­man year, and we took over the Nads. Apparently, it was cre­at­ed by some stu­dents in 1963 who named the team the Nads as a joke, so that when you cheered, you chant­ed, ​ “Go Nads!” And that’s when I knew RISD was the per­fect school for me. Then, I found out that RISD had a hock­ey team called the Nads. But I was actu­al­ly more inter­est­ed in art than hock­ey. My par­ents are social work­ers, and my dad was a hock­ey fanat­ic who got me inter­est­ed in hock­ey. The first les­son I learned from the Nads. Now today I want­ed to share three lessons with you. They say how could an art stu­dent build a large com­pa­ny? Well it’s actu­al­ly, I think, because of what I learned here at RISD that allowed me to do this. Outside of cam­pus, many peo­ple are sur­prised to learn that I attend­ed art school here at RISD. And I don’t think any­one expect­ed too much of me. And would I do any­thing sig­nif­i­cant with my life.

And I had a lot of ques­tions rac­ing through my mind. Thirteen years ago, I sat where you’re sit­ting right now. Brian Chesky.īrian Chesky: Thank you, President Somerson. Please wel­come our com­mence­ment speak­er, Brian Ches-uh, Dr. It is now my plea­sure to invite Brian Chesky to address this year’s grad­u­ates, their fam­i­lies and loved ones, and every­one here with us on this spe­cial occa­sion. With your recent expan­sion into curat­ed expe­ri­ences, and more inno­va­tions on the hori­zon, we are proud of how you are con­nect­ing peo­ple across the globe.īrian, we are so pleased and proud to wel­come you home to RISD, and in recog­ni­tion of your ongo­ing work to bring the world togeth­er as a com­mu­ni­ty we present you with this hon­orary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Rhode Island School of Design. And yet, using much that you learned at RISD, togeth­er you took risks, will­ing to fail, and demon­strat­ed that those are key ingre­di­ents of true inno­va­tion. It was an idea that seemed implau­si­ble, even ill-advised, at the time, espe­cial­ly giv­en the econ­o­my in 2008. Working with your friend and busi­ness part­ner Joe Gebbia, you cooked up an idea for help­ing peo­ple to both save and make mon­ey by open­ing pri­vate homes for trav­el­ers look­ing for alter­na­tives to hotels and motels. Rosanne Somerson: Since you stood at this podium-watch out Emily-to speak to fel­low grad­u­ates and your own com­mence­ment cer­e­mo­ny, the world looks very dif­fer­ent, thanks in part to inno­v­a­tive entre­pre­neurs like you.