Chesky wasn’t happy about the internal discord but was learning to live with it. Amid the turmoil of 2011, he had found his footing and embraced his job as the company’s top decision maker. He had laid out a course of action to deal with the EJ mess and chosen to battle the Samwers rather than take the easier path of working with them. He still listened to colleagues and his co-founders, but after that year, he no longer tried to seek consensus.
