Des Moines 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 and his … read more

Des Moines 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 his honor. But if Silbermann is overly impressed by any of that, it certainly … read more

Des Moines How about one more? As we've been talking about Thinc Iowa for a nearly a year now we've been promising an event that will bring eight dynamic "doers" from around the country to Des Moines to spearhead a conversation on how startups and corporations can work together and learn from each other. Today, we're very excited to increase that number by one and announce a ninth speaker: Ben Silbermann, co-founder of Pinterest. … read more