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. I've read about that stuff for a really long time, and now it's starting to become commonplace. ”

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 decided, 'We're done!' Over time I got more confidence. ”

I really think that even though Pinterest isn't a lot of people's idea of hard technology, it helps make everyday things a little bit better. And I believe that for most people, everyday things, those are everything. ”

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. ”

No amount of technology is going to change the fact that people process information visually. ”

Most people generalize whatever they did, and say that was the strategy that made it work. ”

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. ”

The biggest thing about Pinterest is that people are there saving ideas for their personal lives. Not to rile up other people or make a big statement. ”