Pinterest founder Ben Silbermann: Culture is more like gardening than architecture
A brief excerpt from a YouTube video in which Ben Silbermann (Pinterest founder) reflects on company culture. He rejects the idea that culture is like architecture and instead compares it to gardening — planting seeds, removing weeds, and letting culture expand organically.
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