I used to wake up and look at our analytics and think, “What if yesterday was the last day anyone used Pinterest?” Like, everyone collectively decided, “We’re done!” Over time I got more confidence.
We're trying to do something so that when the average person uses Pinterest, it has to make the service better. - Ben Silbermann
We're trying to do something so that when the average person uses Pinterest, it has to make the service better.
- Ben Silbermann
I’d never managed anyone before, so I don’t have a lot of experience. But I’m lucky - I have a lot of team members who have a really honest relations… - Ben Silbermann
I’d never managed anyone before, so I don’t have a lot of experience. But I’m lucky - I have a lot of team members who have a really honest relations…
I always read about these stories of entrepreneurs - it’s like they’re in the desert with no water, and they’re the ones that survive. But I’ve been … - Ben Silbermann
I always read about these stories of entrepreneurs - it’s like they’re in the desert with no water, and they’re the ones that survive. But I’ve been …
One of the things I've learned is to be receptive of feedback. - Ben Silbermann
One of the things I've learned is to be receptive of feedback.
As a kid, I always idolized entrepreneurs. I thought they were cool people in the way that I thought basketball players were cool people. It's cool t… - Ben Silbermann
As a kid, I always idolized entrepreneurs. I thought they were cool people in the way that I thought basketball players were cool people. It's cool t…
I was obsessed with this idea that these things that you collect, they just say so much about who you are. I can't say it came from hard-nosed busine… - Ben Silbermann
I was obsessed with this idea that these things that you collect, they just say so much about who you are. I can't say it came from hard-nosed busine…
We want the average person to use it and think that it makes the experience of using Pinterest better. - Ben Silbermann
We want the average person to use it and think that it makes the experience of using Pinterest better.
There's a lot of pressure to look like the last company that was successful. - Ben Silbermann
There's a lot of pressure to look like the last company that was successful.
People say doing a startup is like a marathon. It's actually a roadtrip at night with no headlights. You think you're going to Toledo but you're actu… - Ben Silbermann
People say doing a startup is like a marathon. It's actually a roadtrip at night with no headlights. You think you're going to Toledo but you're actu…
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