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In the second episode of our APLUSS(Z!) IPO saga we dive into the history behind the planet’s largest non-social social network Pinterest. From The Pirates of Silicon Valley to the bloggers of Salt Lake City the creation story behind this “productivity tool for planning your dreams” is far from your typical unicorn journey. Once labelled as the “next Facebook” by investors and press ten years later both Pinterest-the-product and Pinterest-the-company are in fact anything but. Whether that’s 

The Pinterest IPO

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