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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" We realized we had high-volume marketplace as a platform. Anyone can come in and buy with a subscription. "

" 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. "

" Each time I went to create my website, I needed imagery. It was complicated to get, the process was expensive, I had to negotiate rights. I knew there had to be a better way. "

" 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

" At around 50 employees, you get to the point where you can't see what's going on all the time. So you start to have weekly check-ins, and you have days that go by without knowing exactly what's going on. "

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You

Time

" 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

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" All businesses need images to sell their products and services. "

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

" I hear so many startups talking about how they can raise VC instead of questioning whether they need it in the first place. "

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

" 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. "

" I opened up Shutterstock to the whole world. I created a contributor community that anyone could give stock photography a shot. "

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" As I started college, I started to build software products that I could sell to people over the Web. "

" Many entrepreneurs think that cash is the ultimate solution to all of their problems: the one thing standing between them and their dreams. "

" Shutterstock has evolved from an image-based marketplace for small businesses to a much broader platform, with a large and expanding addressable market opportunity. "

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

" 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. "

" Was I going to start companies outside of Shutterstock or inside? Going public kind of meant I was going to start them inside, and I kind of thought this through and decided that if I was going to do that, I was going to continue to operate Shutterstock like it was an incubator of startups. "

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

" 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. "

" I figured managing people was obvious - I'd tell someone what they needed to do and they'd do what I wanted. It turns out that's not the case. It was frustrating at first. "

" We sell to businesses who sell other stuff, so we're just going to concentrate on doing that. "

" We look for the scrappy entrepreneur: the kind of person who will get things done without looking to spend money right away. "

" Problems are good. Impossible problems are even better. "

" I've little in common with the scene in Silicon Valley and San Francisco. I'm a New Yorker. "

" The problem with taking venture capital is if you take $5m from someone, it may feel great; you may feel like they're validating your business model. But they're giving $5m out to 20 different people, hoping one of them will be a hit. They don't really care if it's you. "

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

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