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. – Jon Oringer
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
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. – Jon Oringer
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. – Jon Oringer
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
There aren’t enough people out there that are becoming experts in technology as technology moves. – Jon Oringer
As I started college, I started to build software products that I could sell to people over the Web. – Jon Oringer
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
Anyone can contribute images, and we sell them to designers and agencies all over the world. – Jon Oringer
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
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
It’s typical for video customers to often use licensed music – whether a soundtrack, background music, or sound effects – to complement their video projects. – Jon Oringer
As we continue to grow, the question is, how do you keep the company as innovative as it was 15 employees ago? – Jon Oringer
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
Try to rally up as many people as you can with as much information as you can to try to get it to appear in front of the right people in the organization who are the decision-makers to greenlight the project. – Jon Oringer
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
I think that initial independence is very important; that’s what being an entrepreneur is all about. – Jon Oringer
I love meeting contributors and hearing how we inspire them to create art. I’m also proud of creating hundreds of jobs. – Jon Oringer
