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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

Topics: Building Everything Feel Full Interested Like Only Open Pinterest Should Stuff Up Walked You

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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

Topics: About Because Break Could Dancing Excited Grow Grow Up Idea Iowa Kid Many Profound Proximity Really Rural Simple Somebody Things Up Were Youtube

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At a small company, so much of the trick is focus. Not only can you only do a finite number of things, but you have to do them in the right order.

~Ben Silbermann

Topics: Company Finite Focus Much Number Only Order Right Small Them Things Trick You

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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

Topics: Action Commercial Discover Exists Go Help Help People Intent Lot Love People Pinterest Reason Take Them Then Things Tied Whole

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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

Topics: Both Doctor Doctors Figured Had Junior Junior Year Just Just Be Lost Maybe Me Parents Realization Sea Sisters Sometime Sort Sudden Too Year

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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

Topics: All Day Almost Anyone Better Day Joy Look Looking Make Makes Products See Shame Things Think Want Who You I Think

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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

Topics: Company Does Every Google Like Making Money Much Nobody Only Picture So Much Money Street Take World

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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

Topics: Coolest Doing Even Felt Google Interesting Interesting Things Just Lucky Me Part People Place Really Small Smart Things Way Were

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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

Topics: Big Challenge Doing Driven Excited Failure Fall Get Give Go Hey Important Least Lot Meaningful Most Out People Put Reality Really Say Short Shot Something Super Talented They Say Think Took Why Why Not You I Think

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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

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: Unknown

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