Pinterest undertaking: A housewife valued at $7.7 billion

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Pinterest co-founder and CEO Ben Hilman

Editor's note: California could be a big deal. "This is a famous quote in the film" The Legend of Silicon Valley.

As the heart of global technological innovation, California has never lacked a miracle. In the spring of 2012, start-up companies Omgpop and Instagram were bought at sky-high prices, making the whole internet exciting. Who will be the next leading actor in this capital binge? Many people believe that the 1-year-old photo-sharing site Pinterest is the most promising star of tomorrow.

Pinterest is a combination of the English word "pin" and acquires (interest). The idea is simple: if users see an interesting picture on the Web, they can click on "Pin" to add it to their Pinterest personal homepage and share it with their friends. Unlike Facebook's University, Google +, and the Geek, Pinterest is a stay-at-home housewife who has become the third-largest social platform in the United States, with its unique genetic prowess.

Pinterest is one of the hottest social networking sites at the moment. As of April 1 this year, it has a large monthly number of active users, and a 200 million U.S. dollar valuation to finance 27 million of dollars. Even financial experts say it is worth more than Twitter, with valuations likely to be as high as $7.7 billion trillion.

Pinterest founder Ben Hilman (Ben Silbermann) A beginner of medicine, after learning business, into Google but not product research and development, entrepreneurship and not investors appreciate, but now become a Silicon Valley rising entrepreneurial star. Buisness Insider, an American technology blogger, thinks his small company, with just over 10 employees, is about to write its own "Silicon Valley legend".

Growth experience

Ben Hibberman was raised in Des Moines, the capital of Iowa. His parents are doctors, and two sisters are on the road to medicine. "I always thought I would be a doctor," Hibberman said. I never doubted that. ”

In childhood, Hibberman had learned stories of well-known entrepreneurs, such as Eastman George Eastman, Walter Disney (Walt Disney) and Steve Jobs. But he never thought of being like them. "I looked at them as if I was looking at Michael Jordan," he says. "Hibberman's ideals have always been medicine. But when he was in the 3 grade, he decided to turn to business studies.

Hibberman's first job was to be a consultant. "When I report, I have absolutely no idea what to do," he says. In this job, his daily task is to make forms. He then entered the IT department due to a vacancy in the company's IT department. He found that every day he needed to read the famous tech blog TechCrunch. Hibberman felt at the time that this was the job he should have done, and that he had previously engaged in a completely wrong profession.

The legend of Silicon Valley, a film about jobs and Bill Gates, has had a big impact on Hibberman. After watching the film, Hibberman decided to go to the western part of the United States. One of the lines in the movie played an important part: "California could be a big deal." (There might is something on on in California.) )”