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We want the average person to use it and think that it makes the experience of using Pinterest better.

Ben Silbermann

There’s a lot of pressure to look like the last company that was successful.
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Entrepreneur Looks Successful
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 that some people get paid to dunk basketballs, but I’m not one of those people.
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Basketball Kids Player
If Google teaches you anything, it’s that small ideas can be big.
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Entrepreneur Google Ideas
I always just want to move along to the next step.
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Moving Steps Want
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.
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Anyone Thinking Yesterday
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
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’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.
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Advice Entrepreneur Levers
Most people generalize whatever they did, and say that was the strategy that made it work.
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Made People Strategy
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
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
Just build things and find out if they work.
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Entrepreneur Starting Work
One of the things I’ve learned is to be receptive of feedback.
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Inspirational Inspiring Learn
What you collect says so much about who you are.
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Collect Much Say
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

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