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Don’t take too much advice.

Ben Silbermann

I think anyone who makes products has this simultaneous joy and, almost, shame looking at it. You look at it all day and all you can see is all these things you want to make better.
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Joy Looks Thinking
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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Boards Way World
I think the thing that I’ve learned is that really great people, they actually want to work on hard problems.
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People Thinking Want
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Advice Entrepreneur Levers
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 many other people who contribute to a great meal.
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Engineering People Thinking
There’s a lot of pressure to look like the last company that was successful.
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Entrepreneur Looks Successful
One of the things I’ve learned is to be receptive of feedback.
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Inspirational Inspiring Learn
We’re trying to do something so that when the average person uses Pinterest, it has to make the service better.
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Average Better Service Trying Use
If Google teaches you anything, it’s that small ideas can be big.
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Entrepreneur Google Ideas
We want the average person to use it and think that it makes the experience of using Pinterest better.
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Average Pinterest Thinking
I always just want to move along to the next step.
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Moving Steps Want
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 relationship with me.
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Experience Honest Lucky Team
Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give ~ with a few exceptions ~ generalize whatever they did. Don’t over-analyze everything. I myself have been guilty of over-thinking problems. Just build things and find out if they work.
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Business Giving Thinking
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 stuff on it. So it was nice to discover that I wasn’t the only one.
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Book Collection Kids Nice Planned
People say doing a startup is like a marathon. It’s actually a roadtrip at night with no headlights.
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Night People Thinking
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 to be a part of it even in a small way.
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Interesting People Smart

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