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
CHAPTER 1 What Is Pinterest You just got a great new shirt But you're not sure what to wear with it Pinterest can help You type a description of the shirt into the search box with the word outfits You hit enter Suddenly you see images of many ways other people are wearing a shirt similar to yours In fact one of the images includes other pieces similar to ones you already own Now you have ideas for putting together a great new outfit Welcome to Pinterest Pinterest can help you make a fashion statement
Pinterest Food Drink Pinterest users can create a board of recipes they would like to try Pinterest users create boards on different topics Then they pin images and articles from other websites or Pinterest pages to the boards The pins form grids on the boards Each pin has a link to the item's original location Pinterest users can make boards secret or public A secret board can only be seen by its creator A public board can be seen by other Pinterest users Pinterest inspires users to create discover and explore This site is useful for planning events or learning hobbies Users find ideas for crafts vacations recipes and more
