Ben Zilberman: it is important to go forward while it is possible

The most difficult thing about starting a startup is to keep moving forward, despite all the difficulties that may be encountered in the early years of the project. This confirms the opinion of the founder and head of Pinterest, Ben Zilberman, who shared his view on this issue in an interview with Business Insider.

The launch of Pinterest was not the most successful - four months after the launch of Pinterest, there were only 3,000 users. This number looks especially insignificant against the background of almost 1 million users of Instagram over the same period of time.
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“We launched in March 2010, and the situation would not have been so terrible if we had not started developing Pinterest in 2008. And that's all - it would not be so bad if I didn't quit my job in 2008 when I decided to start a company, ”the Pinterest founder shares his memories.

A lot of time has passed since that time - Pinterest has recently surpassed the mark of 100 million active users, and as of March 2015, the company was valued at $ 11 billion. Now Pinterest is developing new monetization schemes. It is likely that this step is one of the few in preparation for the IPO. But even without a new monetization scheme, Pinterest could generate more than $ 100 million in profits in 2015.

“My main advice is keep going forward. Usually inertness and a sense of insecurity along with the people around you stop you.

It is important to understand that the differences between productive stubbornness and short-sightedness can only be understood as a result. Just now, looking back at me, they will say that I was stubborn.

It’s important to keep moving forward until you can, for financial or moral reasons, do it again and again, ” advises start-up entrepreneurs Ben Zilberman in an interview with Business Insider.

As for the founder of Pinterest, he was able to learn from what happened that for the successful implementation of the project several excellent specialists are always required. And the line between quality and poor implementation is really very thin - it is important to catch it.