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• Pinterest allows users to save images and categorize them on different boards. They can follow other users’ boards if they have similar tastes. The development of Pinterest began 2009, and the site launched as a closed beta in March 2010. The launch of an iPhone app in early March 2011 brought in a more than expected number of downloads. In December 2011, the site became one of the top 10 largest social network services, with 11 million total visits per week. The site was developed by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra, and Evan Sharp.
Ben Silbermann
American internet entrepreneur co-founder and CEO of Pinterest. He was born in 1982 and raised in Des Moines, Iowa. He graduated from Yale in 2003 with a political science major. Silbermann worked at Google in the sales organization, after a short time he left and started designing his own iPhone apps with his college friend Paul Sciarra.
Paul Sciarra
Pinterest, first launched in 2010, came out of Cold Brew Labs, a product shop started by Sciarra and college pal Ben Silbermann. The one-time experimental project has caught fire in recent months and could be worth as much as $500 million in a sale. Members use the site to “pin” products to collections called “boards,” an activity that’s become so popular that even President Obama is doing it.
Evan SharpWhile in architecture school in 2009, Evan Sharp started Pinterest with two friends as a fun side project. He later left Facebook to lead the design and front-end engineering of Pinterest full time. Their website and mobile app enables users to collect and share their favorite images. In large part due to its simplicity and beautiful execution, Pinterest has quickly skyrocketed to success with more than 30 million users globally and a $1.5 billion valuation.
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FollowBoard
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Pin It BookmarkletHome Feed
PIN
A pin starts with an image or video you add to Pinterest. You can add a pin from a website using the Pin It bookmarklet or upload an image right from your computer. Any pin on Pinterest can be repinned, and all pins link back to their source
BoardA board is where you organize your pins by topic. You could pin ideas for remodeling your bathroom to your House Projects board, for example. Boards can be secret or public, and you can invite other people to pin with you on any of your boards.
Follow
When you follow someone, their pins show up in your Pinterest home feed. You can follow all of someone's boards or just the ones you like best. To manage who you're following, go to your profile and click Following.
Unfollow
When you unfollow someone, their boards won't show up in your home feed anymore. You can unfollow all of someone's boards, or just the ones you're not that interested in. Nobody will get notified if you unfollow them.
Home Feed
Your home feed is a collection of pins from pinners and boards you follow. It's updated every time someone you follow adds a pin.
Pin It Bookmarklet
The Pin It bookmarklet lets you easily pin things you see on websites and blogs.
