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 figure out ways of making money that are completely consistent with how people are feeling and what they are doing at the time.
Ben SilbermannI 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 came from hard-nosed business analysis... It was just something I really want to see built.
Ben SilbermannI use Pinterest for everything. Book collections, trips, hobbies. Itโs 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 wasnโt the only one.
Ben SilbermannI 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.
Ben Silbermann