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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.

Ben Silbermann

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
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
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
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
Most people generalize whatever they did, and say that was the strategy that made it work.
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Made People Strategy
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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Meaningful Pinterest Want
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 business analysis… It was just something I really want to see built.
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Analysis Ideas Want
What you collect says so much about who you are.
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Collect Much Say
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
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’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
You think you’re going to Toledo but you’re actually going to Miami and you might not have enough gas so you might need to buy gas from someone who might take you out if you aren’t driving well
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Country Driving Enough Gas Someone
Just build things and find out if they work.
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Entrepreneur Starting Work
I always just want to move along to the next step.
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Moving Steps Want
If Google teaches you anything, it’s that small ideas can be big.
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Entrepreneur Google Ideas
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

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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