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There’s a lot of pressure to look like the last company that was successful.

Ben Silbermann

I think the thing that I’ve learned is that really great people, they actually want to work on hard problems.
BEN SILBERMANN

People Thinking Want
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 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
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
What you collect says so much about who you are.
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Collect Much Say
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
There’s a lot of pressure to look like the last company that was successful.
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Entrepreneur Looks Successful
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
If Google teaches you anything, it’s that small ideas can be big.
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Entrepreneur Google Ideas
Don’t take too much advice.
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Advice Entrepreneur Levers
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
Just build things and find out if they work.
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Entrepreneur Starting Work
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 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
One of the things I’ve learned is to be receptive of feedback.
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