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Ben Silbermann (born July 14, 1982) is an American Internet entrepreneur. [1] He is the co-founder and executive chairman of Pinterest , a visual discovery engine [ 2 ] which lets users organize images, links, recipes and other things.
Pinterest emerged from an earlier app created by Ben Silbermann and Paul Sciarra called Tote [10] which served as a virtual replacement for paper catalogs. Tote struggled as a business, significantly due to difficulties with mobile payments. At the time, mobile payment technology was not sophisticated enough to enable easy on-the-go ...
Sciarra worked at the venture capital firm Radius Ventures, LLC. In 2003 he quit his job, along with Ben Silbermann, to create Cold Brew Labs. [2] That same year, Sciarra, Silbermann and Evan Sharp launched Pinterest, and Sciarra became the President and CEO. [3] [2] In 2012, he left the company but remained on as an advisor. [4] [5] [6]
Sharp met Ben Silbermann in New York through a mutual friend in 2009 and they immediately connected over their love of the Internet. [11] [12] Together with third cofounder Paul Sciarra, the three built the very first version of Pinterest from a small apartment in New York City on West 103rd Street. [13]
The company's investors and co-founder Ben Silbermann try to encourage a New York-based magazine publishing company to buy Pinterest but the publisher declines to meet with the founders. [1] 2010: May 24–26: Publicity: Pinterest participates in the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in New York City.
Benjamin Noah Silverman (born August 15, 1970) is an American media executive. He is the co-CEO and chairman of the entertainment production company Propagate. [1] From 2007–2009, Silverman served as co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios. [2] He is also an Emmy and Golden Globe-winning executive producer of such shows ...
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The Research Science Institute (RSI) is an international summer research program for high school students. RSI is sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) and hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. RSI brings together the top STEM talent from around the world for the opportunity ...