A biography for Ben Silbermannhasn’t been written yet.
“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've worked on products where they go down in the middle of the night, and no one notices. You get the 'site down' notice, but it doesn't matter.”
“Don't take too much advice.”
“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.”
“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.”