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21 quotes by Ben Silbermann

Ben Silbermann (born c. 1982/1983) is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded and is CEO of Pinterest, a virtual pinboard which lets users organize images, links, recipes and other things. The website allows users to create and manage theme-based image collections called "pinboards". Examples include events, interests, hobbies and more. Users can browse other pinboards for inspiration, 're-pin' images to their own collections and/or...
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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... →

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I want Pinterest to be human. The Internet's still so abstract... To me, boards are a very human way of looking at the world.

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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.... →

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Most people generalize whatever they did, and say that was the strategy that made it work.

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I used to wake up and look at our analytics and think, 'What if yesterday was the last day anyone used Pinterest?' Like, everyone... →

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The companies that I really admire the most are the ones that have a deep visceral understanding of why people use their service, and they figure out... →

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If Google teaches you anything, it's that small ideas can be big.

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One of the things I've learned is to be receptive of feedback.

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What you collect says so much about who you are.

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When Pinterest works well, it helps you find things that are meaningful to you. We want to build a system that helps you do that.

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I kind of think of engineering like the chefs at a restaurant. Nobody's going to deny chefs are integrally important, but there's also so... →

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I thought Google was the coolest place. People there were so smart and they were all doing these really interesting things. I just felt really lucky... →

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I use Pinterest for everything. Book collections, trips, hobbies. It's all there. I planned my wedding on it. When I had a kid, I planned all his... →

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