Ben Silbermann

  • Silbermann, Branson to host Google hangout today at 11 a.m. CST

    Pinterest founder Ben Silbermann—who grew up in Des Moines—and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson will host a live Google hangout today at 11 a.m. CST. The conversation will focus on Silbermann and Branson’s experiences as entrepreneurs and how they have both scaled their companies into global businesses. The hangout is part of Google for Entrepreneurs‘ “Hangouts for Entrepreneurs” series, which…

  • Out and about by The Bay: A photo recap of SPN’s visit to San Francisco

    Last week, I spent a few days in San Francisco along with Dusty Reynolds, the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce’s director of innovation and entrepreneurship. We encountered plenty of people familiar with the work of Silicon Prairie News. We met others who had heard of SPN or our events, Big Omaha and Thinc Iowa, but…

  • Iowa Governor Branstad makes a stop at Pinterest (Photo)

    Pinterest’s connection to Iowa was not lost on our state’s leadership today as Gov. Terry Branstad made a stop by their offices in Palo Alto, Calif. Pinterest founder Ben Silbermann (left of the Pinterest “P” above) is a Des Moines native who said in an email today that the visit was exciting for the team…

  • Thinc Iowa Video Series: Ben Silbermann of Pinterest

    First up in our Video Series: Ben Silberman, co-founder of Pinterest, an online pinboard site that gives its users a place to discover new things handpicked by other users. In his talk, Silbermann shared the story of his journey to entrepreneurship, the story of co-founding Pinterest and a few things that are inspirational to him…

  • Thinc Iowa: Ben Silbermann on inspiring ‘the confidence to do things that you would never do’

    Ben Silbermann is the co-founder of a startup, Pinterest, that just closed a $27 million round and has been heralded as the “hottest startup of late in Silicon Valley.” His work led one Thinc Iowa conference-goer to suggest during a Q&A session that Silbermann’s alma matter, Des Moines’ Roosevelt High School, build a statue in…