sarah kunst

5 Under-hyped Companies I’d Invest In at a Wild Valuation

robgo:

5. Pinterest: Pinterest is a very new company that is seed financed. We did not participate in the seed round, because I only recently heard about the company. I’ve said before that I think experiential shopping is a big opportunity, and the process of buying stuff like art, furniture, fashion, etc should be very very different than what we typically see from e-commerce today.  The day before I heard about Pinterest, I was literally thinking about how to create a product that merges the best of SVPPLY and Polyvore for the market for home-goods.  I’ve been using Pinterest for this purpose ever since.  The product is beautiful (if a little slow), the content I’m finding from other users is inspiring, and I’m noticing mainstream friends of mine signing up for the service way more than some much more hyped companies like Instagram. It’s super early, but I think the company is on a great path. 

This is a great post overall, read it. But what caught my attention was pinterest - I’ve seen the same thing. tons of regular people, especially girls, love this site and are signing up and following boards etc. It’s not as apple store sexy as svvply but i think that’s why it resonates. you don’t feel like you have to “pin” the most forward thinking moma store find, you can pin what you like.