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People also regularly underestimate the amount of determination you need. It's not only that Pinterest itself was 2 years in the making, but the founders had created failed startups before that too.

Ben Silbermann started with MightyQuiz in January 2007 (YC backed as well) [1]. He's been at it for 5 years now. That's how long it takes to figure out how to build a successful company.

[1] http://www.linkedin.com/in/silbermann



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