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BEN SILBERMANNYou 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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One of the things I’ve learned is to be receptive of feedback.
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People say doing a startup is like a marathon. It’s actually a roadtrip at night with no headlights.
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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 cool that some people get paid to dunk basketballs, but I’m not one of those people.
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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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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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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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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 ways of making money that are completely consistent with how people are feeling and what they are doing at the time.
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There’s a lot of pressure to look like the last company that was successful.
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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 many other people who contribute to a great meal.
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Most people generalize whatever they did, and say that was the strategy that made it work.
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We want the average person to use it and think that it makes the experience of using Pinterest better.
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I always just want to move along to the next step.
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Just build things and find out if they 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 collectively decided, “We’re done!” Over time I got more confidence.
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