While the core problem Pinterest addresses remains the same, our ambition has expanded significantly over time.

When raising money, we had to articulate how big we thought Pinterest could be, which helped us attract ambitious and creative people to the team.

The culture at Pinterest is built on values that prioritize user obsession and diversity in skills and backgrounds, which I believe leads to better products.

We started to have meetups to connect with people who shared common interests, which is fundamentally what Pinterest is about.

While waiting for the app approval, I collaborated with a friend to create a tool for collecting things online, which eventually evolved into Pinterest. In the early days of Pinterest, we thought it would be cool to create a tool for ourselves to collect things, which we believed could also help others see the world differently.

One of the perks of starting a company is hiring people who are more skilled than you in various areas, which has greatly benefited Pinterest.

I didn't discover Pinterest; my team recognized its potential, and I was impressed by Ben Silbermann's calm and thoughtful approach as a founder.

In March 2010, just a few months after launching Pinterest, we had almost 3,000 registered users and our daily pin count was steadily increasing.

When we released Pinterest, it didn't grow quickly at first, but we kept going because we thought it was a really cool product that we enjoyed using.