Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Social Media Profile Meet the Founders What Is Pinterest Online Collections Early Appeal Keeping It Going Growing Fast Nice People Wanted Business Connections Making a Difference Safety Online Life More Creative Pinterest's Future A Guide to Pinterest Glossary Websites Index
SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILE Pinterest URL http www pinterest com PURPOSE Pinterest is a website for creating collections of images and information found on the Internet ck NOVEMBER 2009 Silbermann gets the idea for Pinterest CURRENT CEO Ben Silbermann NUMBER OF USERS More than 100 million MARCH 2010 Date of launch MARCH 2011 Pinterest is released as an iPhone app JUNE 2015 Buyable pins are introduced
Meet the Founders BEN SILBERMANN was born in Des Moines Iowa He attended Yale University in New Haven Connecticut After Silbermann graduated in 2003 he worked at Google He left Google in 2008 and founded Pinterest with Paul Sciarra and Evan Sharp PAUL SCIARRA attended Yale University where he met Silbermann He worked with Silbermann and Sharp to create Pinterest Sciarra was the CEO until he left the company in 2012 EVAN SHARP grew up in York Pennsylvania He met Silbermann through a mutual friend Silbermann asked Sharp to help develop Pinterest Sharp is the company's Chief Creative Officer Paul Sciarra Ben Silbermann Evan Sharp