As a kid, I always idolized entrepreneurs. I thought they were cool people in the way that I thought basketball players were… — Ben Silbermann Copy Share Image
At a small company, so much of the trick is focus. Not only can you only do a finite number of things,… — Ben Silbermann Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with this idea that these things that you collect, they just say so much about who you are. I… — Ben Silbermann Copy Share Image
I always read about these stories of entrepreneurs - it's like they're in the desert with no water, and they're the ones… — Ben Silbermann Copy Share Image
There's a lot of pressure to look like the last company that was successful. — Ben Silbermann Copy Share Image
I really believe that the raw ingredient of any creative business is the set of experiences that the team has, the set… — Ben Silbermann Copy Share Image
The companies that I really admire the most are the ones that have a deep visceral understanding of why people use their… — Ben Silbermann Copy Share Image
Google was like the only company that was like, 'We're making so much money; let's take a picture of every street in… — Ben Silbermann Copy Share Image
Don't take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give ~ with a few exceptions ~ generalize… — Ben Silbermann Copy Share Image
We're trying to do something so that when the average person uses Pinterest, it has to make the service better. — Ben Silbermann Copy Share Image
I really think that even though Pinterest isn't a lot of people's idea of hard technology, it helps make everyday things a little bit… — Ben Silbermann Copy Share Image
We want the average person to use it and think that it makes the experience of using Pinterest better. — Ben Silbermann Copy Share Image
I think the thing that I've learned is that really great people, they actually want to work on hard problems, — Ben Silbermann Copy Share Image
People say doing a startup is like a marathon. It's actually a roadtrip at night with no headlights. You think you're going to Toledo… — Ben Silbermann Copy Share Image
When you open up Pinterest, you should feel like you've walked into a building full of stuff that only you are interested in. Everything… — Ben Silbermann Copy Share Image
The No. 1 challenge is getting people to understand that Pinterest isn't a social network. — Ben Silbermann Copy Share Image
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… — Ben Silbermann Copy Share Image
I think there are a lot more people that don't use Pinterest in the world than do use it, so for most people, that… — Ben Silbermann Copy Share Image
