PinterestCheng Chen

Virtual Pin-board

Financials• Funding: $37.5M

• Skimlinks• Affiliate links• 12 million unique monthly U.S. visitors

History• 2008, founded by Evan Sharp, Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra• Investment• Angel, 1/10 $500k• Series A, 5/11 $10M• Series B, 10/11 $27M

CEO Ben Silbermann at SXSW

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Secret Sauce• Simplicity and well designed UI• Image is inituitive• Business model

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