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 first experience is really, really important. I think feeling really close and in touch with that first user experience is pretty basic to making it better every day. Ben Silbermann Read Quote
The biggest thing about Pinterest is that people are there saving ideas for their personal lives. Not to rile up other people or make a big statement. Ben Silbermann Read Quote
From the outside, there’s a perception Silicon Valley is full of really young, geeky guys. The reality is there are lots of different types of people there. Ben Silbermann Read Quote
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 should feel handpicked for you. Ben Silbermann Read Quote
So many things that I was excited about as a kid were about proximity. The idea that somebody could grow up in rural Iowa and be into break dancing because of YouTube – that was a really simple, profound idea. Ben Silbermann Read Quote
A lot of the future of search is going to be about pictures instead of keywords. Computer vision technology is going to be a big deal. Ben Silbermann Read Quote
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. Ben Silbermann Read Quote
Google was like the only company that was like, ‘We’re making so much money; let’s take a picture of every street in the world.’ Nobody does that. Ben Silbermann Read Quote
For me, Google was the coolest place. It was the coolest place. People there were so smart. And they were all doing these really interesting things. I just felt lucky to be part of it even in a small way. Ben Silbermann Read Quote
I think that a lot of the most talented and driven people, they’re not super deterred by failure. So if you put out a really big challenge, I think they get reality excited by that – they say, ‘Hey, why not, let’s go give it a shot, and if we fall short on that, at least we took a shot at doing something really important and meaningful.’ Ben Silbermann Read Quote
