Ben Silbermann

3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Marc Andreessen · said 14 times in 5 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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2019 13 mentions in 4 episodes 3 per episode

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Jan 2, 2019
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Andreessen: Ben Silbermann said 'Lean Startup' methodology would have killed Pinterest
“Pinterest is like a great, in fact, Ben Subberman is actually on the record as saying, had I read the Lean Startup book, I never would have done Pinterest, because it took us four years to figure it, If we had, if he had known about the Lean Startup thing, he …”
Marc Andreessen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 41:58 a16z Podcast | What Makes the Valley Work
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Partly supported
Jeff Jordan: Pinterest spent two to three years finding product-market fit
“The first Ben Silverman at Pinterest, nothing happened there for two, three years. Nothing. He was just, he just kept working for product market fit, you know, with his dozens of users and then a hundred users or whatever.”
Jeff Jordan Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 16:13 a16z Podcast | Getting Network Effects
Jun 2, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Andreessen: Airbnb's Chesky and Pinterest's Silbermann are top technical founders
“Yeah, these are, you know, Ben Silverman and Brian Chesky, these guys are, like, top end technical founders in addition to being, you know, good designers, great designers.”
Marc Andreessen Jun 2, 2025 ▶ 17:55 Marc Andreessen Reveals His Biggest Wins and Mistakes at a16z
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