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Pinterest's Evan Sharp on the fundamentals of being a founder - Bessemer Venture Partners

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In a small Palo Alto apartment, Evan Sharp started moonlighting as a co-founder for Pinterest, alongside Ben Silbermann in 2010. Nearly a decade later, the visual discovery platform has grown from a passion project into a public company, with more than 300 million users around the globe. Silicon Valley considers Pinterest one of the most humanist and “design-centric” companies. Apple’s Jony Ive, for example, nominated Evan in WIRED as a technology leader who will shape the future of the internet for the next 25 years. In this exclusive interview, Pinterest's co-founder and chief design and creative officer opens up on why keen emotional intelligence is essential when building a company. In explaining the essential role design plays when bringing a company’s mission to life, Evan Sharp offers incisive wisdom for entrepreneurs and seven fresh perspectives for customer-centric leaders. Despite being compared to social networks like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, Pinterest was never mea

Jump around Seven founder fundamentals Seek intrinsic motivation rather than external validation. Find the disciples of the why. Practice ruthless prioritization. Spend time with users, not just user data. Representation is the first rule of customer-centricity. Solve for the real problem versus the perceived one. Finally, don’t mistake profits for prophets. Contributors Christine Deakers Share Subscribe Email (required): Do not fill in (spam control): 8.7.19 Pinterest's Evan Sharp on the fundamentals of being a founder Pinterest's co-founder explains the role of design when building a company

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