Don’t take too much advice.
“Don’t take too much advice.” Ben Silbermann
“Don’t take too much advice.” Ben Silbermann
“Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give ~ with a few exceptions ~ generalize whatever they did. … Read More
“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 but … Read More
“Most people generalize whatever they did, and say that was the strategy that made it work.” 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 … Read More
“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 … Read More
“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 … Read More
“There’s a lot of pressure to look like the last company that was successful.” Ben Silbermann
“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 … Read More
“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 … Read More
“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 many … Read More
“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 … Read More
“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.” … Read More
“I’d never managed anyone before, so I don’t have a lot of experience. But I’m lucky – I have a lot of team members who … Read More
“I was obsessed with this idea that these things that you collect, they just say so much about who you are. I can’t say it … Read More
“We want the average person to use it and think that it makes the experience of using Pinterest better.” Ben Silbermann
“I always just want to move along to the next step.” Ben Silbermann
“We’re trying to do something so that when the average person uses Pinterest, it has to make the service better.” Ben Silbermann
“If Google teaches you anything, it’s that small ideas can be big.” Ben Silbermann
“I look around my neighborhood, and I see people hailing a cab or ordering their food and then paying for it all with their phone. … Read More