50:50Ben Silbermann
Founder at Pinterest
Pinterest founder praised for persistence, product focus, and a calm leadership style.
Key facts
- Previously
- Google, Worked in AdSense customer support
Career
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20131 event
- Ben Silbermann founded Pinterest
“Ben and Pinterest are a great example of a founder” 8:58
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20091 event
- Ben Silbermann built Pinterest
“we came up with this idea for something web-based, really simple, something we would use personally, and that was Pinterest” 12:28
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20082 events
- Ben Silbermann built Tote
“The product we wanted to build was called Tote.” 6:46
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- Ben Silbermann previously at
GoogleWorked in AdSense customer support“In 2008, I was working at Google in AdSense” 4:00
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Talks 3
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24:14Ben Silbermann at Startup School 2012
Ben Silbermann describes how Pinterest grew from an earlier shopping app, Tote, into a service for collecting and discovering inspiration. He explains that building something worthwhile can take years, and that committing, shipping something people value, and learning from real users matter more than following conventional startup advice. He recounts early fundraising challenges and how Pinterest found its first community through meetups and focused outreach. He closes by emphasizing adaptability, building a product the team believes in, sharing ownership, and finding support from other founders.
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Talks where other speakers mention them
- Ron Conway at Startup School 2013mentioned by Ron Conway 8:41