Highlights from Ben Silbermann, Co-Founder of #Pinterest, at #SXSW
Ben Silbermann, Co-Founder of Pinterest at SXSW 2012
Noland Hoshino (nolandhoshino)Noland is using Pinterest, an online pinboard to collect and share what inspires you.
#SXSW #pinterest Growing up co-founder Ben Silverman was a collector of objects representative of who he was http://pic.twitter.com/RXfrebUY
Wow, the crowd very excited about Ben Silbermann, he gets a massive welcome onto the stage #pinterest #sxsw
#sxpinterest as a kid Ben Silbermann collected insects and stamps. The things you collect say something about who you are #pinterest #sxsw
"Collections have to be something you are proud of and want to show to people." #SXSW #pinterest
Silbermann says they were developing Pinterest for themselves. Had to make sure that it made sense as it scaled. #sxsw #pinterest.
If your collections didn't look awesome, why would anyone spend time building them? #pinterest #sxsw- "If you don't give them something that's worth their time, they shouldn't give you their time." #SXSW #pinterest
- "People would join, be really proud of those collections they created, and then tell their friends." #SXSW #pinterest
Silbermann: "The more we could get closer to something that we were really proud of, the closer we get to success" #sxsw #pinterest
Emailed 200 friends and 100 people opened the email at launch of #pinterest #sxsw- "If your collections didn't look awesome or look incredibly beautiful, why would anyone want to look at them." #SXSW #pinterest
#Pinterest CEO says idea of early adopters has changed. Now everyone tries new products for a hobby, we're all early adopters. #sxsw
Silbermann personally wrote to, met with and shared mobile number to first 5,000 #Pinterest users. #sxsw #flipthemedia- "The people that were using pinterest really early on were using for their interests in real life." #SXSW #pinterest
- Pinterest is not just cupcakes and interior design; Silbermann: "driven by lifestyle content" #sxsw #pinterest
- "When we first started, everything was just real time text feeds." #SXSW #pinterest
To me, boards are a very human way of looking at the world. -@8en, #pinterest #sxsw
"You never see a tweet that's more than 48 hours old unless it's ironic." Silbermann on real-time vs. timeless social web #pinterest #sxsw- Very inspired by Ben Silbermann's #pinterest talk at #sxsw @ Austin Convention Center instagr.am/p/IHqaUKwpeZ/
