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" The decisions you make affect a lot of people. You have investors, employees, and customers who all rely on you. Being a leader is a 24-hour-a-day job. "
Jon Oringer
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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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Pretty
" 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. "
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" By investing in diverse asset types from SD video to HD video to 4K video, we can satisfy the video needs of a wide array of users. "
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" Rex is 60 years old with 13 million images and 10 million in archive. It's the first time we've had a historic archive to work with, which is super interesting. "
Jon Oringer
Time
First Time
Interesting
" You can't be afraid of the problem. Don't be afraid of failure; don't be afraid to make mistakes. Make sure you learn from each step; iterate, and stay as efficient as possible without being paralyzed by a difficult situation. "
Jon Oringer
You
Mistakes
Failure
" We recognized early on that media consumption was evolving and customers were looking for moving images to include as part of their advertising campaigns, website designs and corporate presentations. "
Jon Oringer
Advertising
Looking
Media
" When a user signs up for Skillfeed, they get unlimited access to thousands of video courses and creative and technical skills, all as a part of one inexpensive monthly subscription. Instructors from around the world can apply to have their course from Skillfeed and earn money based on how much their courses are viewed. "
Jon Oringer
Money
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World
" In high school, I used to teach guitar and fix computers by the hour. I was looking for some way to make some cash, so I actually learned how to play guitar in order to try to teach it. "
Jon Oringer
School
Computers
High School
" Some people are serial entrepreneurs and want to just move on to the next thing. They just want to clean the slate and start from scratch. I feel that sometimes, too, and the way that we do that here is we build things inside Shutterstock: we launch new products all the time. "
Jon Oringer
Want
Feel
Move On
" We significantly increased our global presence in 2014. During the year, we expanded the number of languages in which we serve customers to a total of 20. "
Jon Oringer
Year
Presence
Serve
" I met with several public company CEOs to learn about their experiences of going public and listened to as many earnings calls as I possibly could. "
Jon Oringer
Company
Going
Learn
" 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. "
Jon Oringer
Business
Photo
Trying
" Instagram is great for us because it's encouraging people to shoot more stuff. Some of those snappers will become professional, and they may choose to sell their photos through us. "
Jon Oringer
Choose
Professional
Us
" I've never been very flashy or high-profile. "
Jon Oringer
Very
Flashy
High-Profile
" 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. "
Jon Oringer
Day
Over
Pictures
" The best ways of marketing were email and banner advertising, but I needed images... and they were very expensive. "
Jon Oringer
Advertising
Best
Email
" I think that initial independence is very important; that's what being an entrepreneur is all about. "
Jon Oringer
Important
Independence
I Think
" Many entrepreneurs think that cash is the ultimate solution to all of their problems: the one thing standing between them and their dreams. "
Jon Oringer
Think
Solution
Problems
" Shutterstock's ability to cultivate a healthy and expanding marketplace for both customers and contributors remains a key competitive advantage and a crucial component of our sustained growth. "
Jon Oringer
Healthy
Growth
Ability
" I was trying to create products to complement the pop-up blocker. All these people were giving me their credit cards. I figured I could sell them something else. "
Jon Oringer
Trying
Cards
Me
" To ensure we are meeting the demands of existing customers while also attracting new users, we remain focused on building cutting-edge technology and introducing new and innovative product offerings. "
Jon Oringer
Meeting
New
Technology
" 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. "
Jon Oringer
Business
Success
Past
" We sell to businesses who sell other stuff, so we're just going to concentrate on doing that. "
Jon Oringer
Sell
Other
Just
" Editorial imagery licensing includes celebrity, entertainment, sports, and news images that capture what is happening in the world around us. "
Jon Oringer
Capture
Celebrity
News
" I love meeting contributors and hearing how we inspire them to create art. I'm also proud of creating hundreds of jobs. "
Jon Oringer
Meeting
Proud
Inspire
" On average, an e-commerce client who evolves into a premier enterprise client increases their annual spend by 10 times in that first year. "
Jon Oringer
Year
Average
E-Commerce
" 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. "
Jon Oringer
Find
Important
Tools
" The best thing is to go public only when you're absolutely sure that's the right move for the company. And in order to make sure that is the case, you need to have as much control over the company as possible, which means not giving up control early on. "
Jon Oringer
Control
Giving
You
" There aren't enough people out there that are becoming experts in technology as technology moves. "
Jon Oringer
Experts
People
Out
" We continually hear from our engaged customer base that Shutterstock's content is a true differentiator, given not only the size of the library but also the quality and diversity of the images we offer. "
Jon Oringer
Size
Diversity
Library