29 Ben Silbermann Quotes for You to Enjoy

Ben Silbermann

American Businessman

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I always describe Facebook and Twitter to some extent as 'them time': it's time about the world and what's outside of you. Pinterest, for a lot of users, is 'me time.' What do I want my future to be? Who am I? What are the things I want to do? Ben Silbermann

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I hope Pinterest is my last job. Ben Silbermann

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One of the things I've learned is to be receptive of feedback. Ben Silbermann

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No amount of technology is going to change the fact that people process information visually. Ben Silbermann

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The whole reason Pinterest exists is to help people discover the things that they love and then go take action on them, and a lot of the things they take action on are tied to commercial intent. Ben Silbermann

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There are a lot of really valuable services that are always pushing you to communicate with other people. But there are relatively few services that are about helping you be the person you want to be and fulfilling your ambitions. Ben Silbermann

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My parents are doctors, both my sisters are doctors, so I figured I'd just be a doctor too. Sometime in my junior year, I had this sudden realization that maybe that wasn't for me. I was sort of lost at sea. Ben Silbermann

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

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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. Ben Silbermann

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What you collect says so much about who you are. Ben Silbermann

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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. Ben Silbermann

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I always read about these stories of entrepreneurs - it's like they're in the desert with no water, and they're the ones that survive. But I've been really fortunate to have people on my team who are optimistic about the future and who know that if you work through hard times that there's usually something good at the end. Ben Silbermann

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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. Ben Silbermann

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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. Ben Silbermann

If Google teaches you anything, it's that small ideas can be big. Ben Silbermann

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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. Ben Silbermann

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. Ben Silbermann

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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

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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

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The No. 1 challenge is getting people to understand that Pinterest isn't a social network. Ben Silbermann

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