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Yin: Social shopping apps cannot straddle private sharing and broad discovery
“I think it's hard to actually be both of those. I think you are either one or the other, so if you're in the small group, it's all about small groups... Or you're more in the Pinterest category... But I feel like trying to message both is going to be very chal…”
Dominguez: Immersive media will produce dedicated search engines like prior formats
“Search engines evolve out of every new content type. We've seen this in the past with the websites with Google, products and images with Pinterest, videos with YouTube, and GIFs with Giphy. Immersive content will be no different.”
Novak: VC Brad Feld agrees that Pinterest is not a PartySlate competitor
“I know I've had many talks with Brad Feld, who's a, you know, one of the leading VCs in the country, and he said to me over and over, Pinterest is not your competitor, and we agree a hundred percent.”
Willock: Aura data captures employee intent to spend, save, and invest
“If you think about Pinterest as this data set of consumer intent, you can think about Aura's data as a set of information on employee intent to save, spend, and invest their paycheck.”
Diamond: High Engagement Rivals Pinterest Even Without Direct Purchase Conversion
“I don't even care so much about the conversion into an actual purchase, but if, like Pinterest, there's people who go on there every day four times a day and never purchase anything, but that engagement is really powerful.”