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" I like San Francisco, but I don't think I'd want to work in Palo Alto. It seems like a pretty rough commute. In many ways, I think New York has a lot of things the West Coast doesn't have. "

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" As I saw more and more people buying the images that were happy buyers, and people selling the images that were happy with how the market was pricing them, I started to get the sense this could be the go-to place for businesses to get the images they need. "

Jon Oringer

Selling

Need

People

" It turned out it was really easy to create commercial stock footage. "

" I don't own a helicopter because I want someone to bring me places quickly. I own it because it's an incredible machine that I like to fly and learn about. I like the complexity of it. "

" I started Shutterstock out of my own need. I'd previously created a few software companies, and each time, I struggled to find affordable images to use on my websites. "

" It's typical for video customers to often use licensed music - whether a soundtrack, background music, or sound effects - to complement their video projects. "

" I wanted a CFO with public company experience; I needed an HR department, new office space, and a board which could help me grow the business. Insight, the private equity firm I chose, helped me with all that. "

Jon Oringer

Help

Space

" If people want to code, and they want to be entrepreneurs, there's opportunities for them to do that. "

" On average, an e-commerce client who evolves into a premier enterprise client increases their annual spend by 10 times in that first year. "

" Equally important to having the right content is providing the proper tools for the users so they can quickly find the images and videos they need. "

" I think that initial independence is very important; that's what being an entrepreneur is all about. "

" Working with limited resources is an excellent way to hone skills that will serve you well for the rest of your career. You will prioritize profitability from the start. "

" We believe PremiumBeat will accelerate our mission to make licensable music accessible to every creator. "

" Evolution has been the key tenet of success over the past 13 years, and we have transformed from a single subscription e-commerce image business into a company with a diversified portfolio of content offerings, servicing the needs of businesses of all types and sizes globally. "

" In the early days, start-ups make the main mistake of hiring people to do the work that they could do themselves. "

" I needed to make the buyer happy: I needed to provide a price point and sort of a model that was attractive to them. But I also needed to make the contributor happy. "

" The growing demand for content across our platform delivers bigger payouts to our contributor base and encourages them to upload fresh content to Shutterstock, further facilitating the network effect of our business. "

" There aren't enough people out there that are becoming experts in technology as technology moves. "

" There is a lack of talent in technology, and we need to be encouraging kids in school to learn how to code. We need to encourage computer science as a major. We need to encourage entrepreneurism. "

" At Shutterstock, we've been offering tutorials to customers and contributors on our blog for many years. Our audience already viewed us as thought leaders on the latest digital and creative skills; we felt it so natural for us to launch Skillfeed, which is an online marketplace for professional learning. "

" There's tonnes of room for more people in the tech market, and there are lots of content gaps that have still not yet been tapped into. "

" Any business that is trying to sell something should be willing to spend a couple dollars for a stock photo to not have ads in it and not distract the user from using the product they're trying to sell. "

" I found it very helpful not to do the venture round. Instead, I started with very little money, a few thousand dollars, and I did every job myself. I was the first photographer. I was the first customer service rep. I was the first online marketing person. "

" In 2013, we opened our first international office in London and established a European hub in Berlin. "

" While the scale of our library is certainly attractive to our users, equally important is the quality of the content we provide and our state-of-the-art processing operation that vets every single piece of content that's submitted to ensure only the most suitable content is included. "

" Offset and Skillfeed are examples of products launched in 2013 that have expanded our opportunity with both large enterprises and across new content types. "

" I think, as an entrepreneur, you have to see the unlimited amount of potential but concentrate on your day and just keep building. "

" I shot images of everything I could find over the course of a year. I would go all over the world and take pictures. In a day, I could easily take thousands. "

" Shutterstock has the tech ethos. Rex has the relationships, packaging, and merchandising know-how. "

" Many entrepreneurs have shifted their focus to pursuing VC funding as a primary strategic priority instead of concentrating on generating value for their users. This is worrisome because raising capital alone is misleading as a benchmark for success. "

" I've never been very flashy or high-profile. "