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Ben Silbermann
American
Businessman
Better
Me
People
Think
Time
You
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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
Future
Time
Me
You
Facebook
World
Twitter
Some
About
Facebook And Twitter
Outside
Always
Am
Lot
Pinterest
Want
Them
Who
Who Am I
Users
Describe
Things
Extent
I hope Pinterest is my last job.
Ben Silbermann
Hope
Job
Pinterest
Last
One of the things I've learned is to be receptive of feedback.
Ben Silbermann
Feedback
One Of The Things
Learned
Things
Receptive
No amount of technology is going to change the fact that people process information visually.
Ben Silbermann
Technology
Change
People
Fact
Going
Information
Process
Process Information
Amount
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
Love
People
Action
Take
Tied
Go
Discover
Lot
Exists
Pinterest
Commercial
Intent
Them
Then
Help
Reason
Help People
Whole
Things
We want the average person to use it and think that it makes the experience of using Pinterest better.
Ben Silbermann
Experience
Better
Think
Makes
Pinterest
Person
Want
Average
Average Person
Use
Using
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
You
People
Communicate
Valuable
Ambition
Few
Other
Relatively
About
Pushing
Always
Lot
Person
Want
Really
Fulfilling
Your
Helping
Services
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
Me
Doctor
Parents
Doctors
Year
Lost
Just Be
Too
Both
Sometime
Had
Sort
Junior
Sisters
Junior Year
Maybe
Just
Realization
Sea
Figured
Sudden
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
Failure
You
Reality
People
Challenge
Important
Big
Fall
Think
Took
Hey
Say
Out
Super
Give
Something
Deterred
Driven
Excited
Put
Talented
Most
Big Challenge
Least
Doing
Go
Lot
Get
Short
Meaningful
Shot
Really
They Say
Why
Why Not
We're trying to do something so that when the average person uses Pinterest, it has to make the service better.
Ben Silbermann
Service
Better
Something
Make
Pinterest
Person
Trying
Average
Average Person
Uses
What you collect says so much about who you are.
Ben Silbermann
You
Says
Collect
About
Much
Who
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
People
Smart
Thought
Google
Way
Small
Part
Felt
Doing
Were
Just
Place
Interesting
Interesting Things
Really
Coolest
Lucky
Even
Things
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
Work
Future
Good
You
People
Water
About
Something
Something Good
Through
Entrepreneurs
Like
Know
Read
Always
Been
End
Optimistic
Times
Survive
Stories
Really
Fortunate
Hard
Team
Who
Hard Times
Desert
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
Book
Nice
Everything
Kid
Collections
Trips
Wedding
Only
Had
Stuff
Discover
His
Pinterest
Hobbies
Planned
Use
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.
Ben Silbermann
You
Build
System
Find
Well
Pinterest
Want
Meaningful
Works
Helps
Things
There's a lot of pressure to look like the last company that was successful.
Ben Silbermann
Pressure
Like
Look
Lot
Successful
Company
Last
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
Service
Time
People
Money
Feeling
Understanding
Visceral
Consistent
Ways
Out
Admire
Most
How
Making
Making Money
Doing
Really
Use
Figure
Companies
Deep
Why
If Google teaches you anything, it's that small ideas can be big.
Ben Silbermann
You
Google
Big
Small
Ideas
Anything
Teaches
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
Time
Day
Confidence
Wake Up
Yesterday
Think
Everyone
Our
Collectively
More
Over
Like
Look
Got
Wake
Up
Pinterest
What If
Done
Anyone
Decided
Used
Last
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
People
Thought
Some People
Way
Kid
Those
Some
Entrepreneurs
Always
Idolized
Were
Dunk
Get
Paid
Cool
Cool People
Players
Basketball
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
People
Big
Other
Saving
Statement
About
Ideas
Make
Up
Pinterest
Personal
Personal Lives
Biggest
Biggest Thing
Lives
Thing
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
You
Building
Everything
Only
Open
Feel
Stuff
Like
Up
Pinterest
Walked
Interested
Should
Full
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
Future
Technology
Vision
Big
About
Computer
Instead
Pictures
Deal
Big Deal
Lot
Going
Search
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
World
Money
Picture
Google
Every
Only
Take
Nobody
Like
Does
Making
So Much Money
Much
Company
Street
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
Me
People
Smart
Google
Way
Small
Part
Felt
Doing
Were
Just
Place
Interesting
Interesting Things
Really
Coolest
Lucky
Even
Things
I've worked on products where they go down in the middle of the night, and no one notices. You get the 'site down' notice, but it doesn't matter.
Ben Silbermann
You
Matter
Down
No-One
Go
Get
Site
Middle
Where
Worked
Notice
Notices
Products
Night
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