Ben Silbermann, founder of Pinterest, at Y Combinator Startup School on October 20, 2012. Presented in Stanford Memorial Auditorium by Y Combinator and the Stanford Technology Ventures Program.
Topic: Stories of great companies emerging from downturns Sarah Tavel is a General Partner at Benchmark, one of the world’s leading VC funds whose portfolio includes Twitter, Uber, Snapchat, eBay, WeWork, Yelp and others. Before this, she was a Partner at Greylock Partners, where she led an investment in Sonder, and Bessemer Venture Partners. At Bessemer Venture Partners, Sarah rose to the rank of vice president before being personally recruited by Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann to become employee number 35.
At #ProductSF, Greylock's Sarah Tavel is joined by Pinterest co-founder Ben Silbermann to talk about the evolution of his roles as both CEO and product leader at a high growth company. Ben shares how thinks about distribution, hiring and scaling teams, and what makes a strong product manager. #ProductSF is a product-centric event hosted by Greylock Partners. The conference brings together a community of founders, PMs, and product leaders to talk about the challenges of building new, innovative products that change lives and create habits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices (https://megaphone.fm/adchoices)
At #ProductSF, Greylock's Sarah Tavel is joined by Pinterest co-founder Ben Silbermann to talk about the evolution of his roles as both CEO and product leader at a high growth company. Ben shares how thinks about distribution, hiring and scaling teams, and what makes a strong product manager. #ProductSF is a product-centric event hosted by Greylock Partners. The conference brings together a community of founders, PMs, and product leaders to talk about the challenges of building new, innovative products that change lives and create habits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices (https://megaphone.fm/adchoices)