Jon Oringer

“You can't be afraid of the problem. Don't be afraid of failure; don't be afraid to make mistakes. Make sure you learn from each step; iterate, and stay as efficient as possible without being paralyzed by a difficult situation.”

“There's tonnes of room for more people in the tech market, and there are lots of content gaps that have still not yet been tapped into.”

“I figured managing people was obvious - I'd tell someone what they needed to do and they'd do what I wanted. It turns out that's not the case. It was frustrating at first.”

“Shutterstock has the tech ethos. Rex has the relationships, packaging, and merchandising know-how.”

“I love meeting contributors and hearing how we inspire them to create art. I'm also proud of creating hundreds of jobs.”

“The growing demand for content across our platform delivers bigger payouts to our contributor base and encourages them to upload fresh content to Shutterstock, further facilitating the network effect of our business.”

“We believe PremiumBeat will accelerate our mission to make licensable music accessible to every creator.”

“Problems are good. Impossible problems are even better.”

“I opened up Shutterstock to the whole world. I created a contributor community that anyone could give stock photography a shot.”

“The decisions you make affect a lot of people. You have investors, employees, and customers who all rely on you. Being a leader is a 24-hour-a-day job.”

“By investing in diverse asset types from SD video to HD video to 4K video, we can satisfy the video needs of a wide array of users.”

“While the scale of our library is certainly attractive to our users, equally important is the quality of the content we provide and our state-of-the-art processing operation that vets every single piece of content that's submitted to ensure only the most suitable content is included.”

“In 2013, we opened our first international office in London and established a European hub in Berlin.”

“I think that initial independence is very important; that's what being an entrepreneur is all about.”

“Many entrepreneurs think that cash is the ultimate solution to all of their problems: the one thing standing between them and their dreams.”

“We continually hear from our engaged customer base that Shutterstock's content is a true differentiator, given not only the size of the library but also the quality and diversity of the images we offer.”

“I was trying to create products to complement the pop-up blocker. All these people were giving me their credit cards. I figured I could sell them something else.”

“Some people are serial entrepreneurs and want to just move on to the next thing. They just want to clean the slate and start from scratch. I feel that sometimes, too, and the way that we do that here is we build things inside Shutterstock: we launch new products all the time.”

“I met with several public company CEOs to learn about their experiences of going public and listened to as many earnings calls as I possibly could.”

“It turned out it was really easy to create commercial stock footage.”