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Ben Silbermann Quotes

American - Businessman | -

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.

Work Good Future Water People Team

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.

Book Wedding Nice Kid Hobbies Stuff

We want the average person to use it and think that it makes the experience of using Pinterest better.

Experience Think Better Person Want

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.

You Find Want Build Meaningful Well

Don't take too much advice.

Advice Too Much Take Much Too

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.

Simple Grow YouTube Profound Kid Up

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.'

Failure Challenge People Think Short

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?

Future Time Me World You Want

We're trying to do something so that when the average person uses Pinterest, it has to make the service better.

Service Better Trying Person Average

What you collect says so much about who you are.

You Who Much About Collect Says

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.

Smart People Small Thought Doing

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

Feedback Things Learned Receptive

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