I think the thing that I've learned is that really great people, they actually want to work on hard problems.

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.

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

I want Pinterest to be human. The Internet's still so abstract... To me, boards are a very human way of looking at the world.

Don't take too much advice.

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 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.