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.
From Jon Oringer
Business is a string of seemingly impossible problems looking for solutions. Each problem you solve creates a new barrier to entry for your next competitor.
Problems are good. Impossible problems are even better.
We realized we had high-volume marketplace as a platform. Anyone can come in and buy with a subscription.
If people want to code, and they want to be entrepreneurs, there's opportunities for them to do that.
There aren't enough people out there that are becoming experts in technology as technology moves.
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.
When I started Shutterstock, I tried to get people access to big events. It's very hard to keep up, to publish them quick, and to get the right photographers.
Shutterstock has the tech ethos. Rex has the relationships, packaging, and merchandising know-how.
Rex has photographers around the world - it's a higher touch business: there are a lot of relationships involved. If you throw an event, there are certain photographers you've worked with before and you want there.
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