Ben Silbermann
Ben Silbermann
Ben Silbermann is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded and is CEO of Pinterest, a virtual pinboard which lets users organize images, links, recipes and other things. The website allows users to create and manage theme-based image collections called "pinboards". Examples include events, interests, hobbies and more. Users can browse other pinboards for inspiration, 're-pin' images to their own collections and/or 'like' photos...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth14 July 1982
CityDes Moines, IA
CountryUnited States of America
Ben Silbermann quotes about
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 have a really honest relationship with me.
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.
One of the things I've learned is to be receptive of feedback.
I always just want to move along to the next step.
Don't take too much advice.
There's a lot of pressure to look like the last company that was successful.
If Google teaches you anything, it's that small ideas can be big.
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 other people who contribute to a great meal.
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.
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.
Just build things and find out if they work.
I think the thing that I've learned is that really great people, they actually want to work on hard problems,