Nathan Blecharczyk, co-founder of controversial global lodging startup, insists company is a force for good and wants to help authorities adapt to its new technology
It is the simple, ingenious concept that lets you rent out a spare room or book cheap lodgings almost anywhere on the planet from the comfort of your laptop.
Airbnb's website has upended the travel industry, with the promise of connecting ordinary people in a new, more personal way of doing business that bypasses corporations. But now the San Francisco-based company is being forced to defend itself from accusations of being just another voracious internet behemoth that flouts regulations, evades taxation and enriches the unscrupulous.
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