Ben Silbermann

Posted on June 20, 2013 by savi0043

Innovation is one of the most powerful things that helps someone attain success in life. This is true especially in the field of business today, where one can make a need out of something that is not typically that important. This ability to innovate is what made Ben Silbermann extraordinary; and no matter what the obstacles were, Ben continued to push forward into success.

Ben Silbermann
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Why Ben Silbermann is Extraordinary

Ben Silbermann is a young entrepreneur and computer programmer most famous for being a co-founder of the website Pinterest, an online pin board that allows its users to upload images and other things and organize them to showcase the things that they are into, such as hobbies, events, interests and others. Since its launch, Pinterest now boasts over 20 million users worldwide, and is among the top 50 most viewed sites on the Alexa ranking, the most popular website ranking in the world.

Photography + Pin Board = Pinterest

Ben’s success as an entrepreneur can be proven by the number of recognitions he has won throughout his career. Ben is a recipient of the Tenyck and Crunchie Awards, two different recognitions that showcase his extraordinary talent in the world of technology and business. Ben’s creation, Pinterest, has also received recognitions, such as winning the Webby Award for Best Social Media App and the People’s Voice Award for Best Functioning Visual Design.

Ben is often named as one of the youngest geniuses in the world for his creation of Pinterest, which has piqued the interest of literally tens of millions of people. It takes someone with extraordinary imagination and innovative qualities to transform a simple pin board into one of the most sought-after services in the planet. Through Pinterest, Ben has shown an amazing ability of creating a need out of something so trivial. As Ben says it, Pinterest’s idea is to “help people discover things that they did not know they want.”

But what really makes Ben so extraordinary is his positive attitude and relentless spirit. In the online business, there is no limit to how many ideas one can present, thus creating a very slim chance of getting that idea to work out. When Pinterest was first released, the results were not as promising as Ben and his team had expected, but this did not get him to quit. Instead, Ben kept on moving forward, taking what he can learn from the unsuccessful tries and used it to improve his creation. Because of this amazing attitude, Ben has successfully grown his company into heights that most of us can only dream of.

Ben Interviewed

One of the things that have made Ben successful in his career is his attitude towards the importance of focus. For Ben, it is not the amount of ideas that you can lay down in the table that is really important-just like a fine piece of sculpture, it is all about removing the things that are not relevant, leaving only those that would make the masterpiece perfect. This has been Ben’s day to day activity with his team in Pinterest since the beginning. In an interview, Ben states:

“At a small company, so much of the trick is focus. Not only can you only do a finite number of things, but you have to do them in the right order. So we actively try to remove things that take away focus from things that are really important.”

Although Ben has indeed achieved so much success, he does not see this as a reason to get stagnant and stop improving. Currently, Ben works with his team of almost 30 people in making sure that more improvements are made to help cater the various needs and preferences of Pinterest’s users. And while Ben knows that there are more challenges coming in the future, he keeps his head up, knowing full well that when these challenges come, he will have the strength of will and determination to overcome them.

There are a lot of things that we can learn about Ben’s life, but the one that really makes him an extraordinary person is his determination to succeed in spite of the seemingly overwhelming circumstances and disappointments. In a way, Ben was able to turn his fear of embarrassment into something positive that fueled his desire to see his creation become a success. Like us, Ben had the chance to quit and stay stagnant, but he refused to do so and achieved so much as a result.

“It’s exciting that people care a lot but then you also feel this weight of responsibility. You brought this little thing into the world, you want to see it get better.”

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