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 dayeasilyfind Change image and share on social
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 businesscoupledistract share on social
Every time someone downloads a picture, the photographers get paid about 30% of what we charge. Jon Oringer chargedownloadpay Change image and share on social
If people want to code, and they want to be entrepreneurs, there's opportunities for them to do that. Jon Oringer codeentrepreneuropportunity Change image and share on social
All businesses need images to sell their products and services. Jon Oringer businessimageproduct Change image and share on social
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. Jon Oringer companycontinuedecide share on social
There aren't enough people out there that are becoming experts in technology as technology moves. Jon Oringer expertmovepeople Change image and share on social
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 absolutelycasecompany share on social
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. Jon Oringer complicatecreateexpensive Change image and share on social
Just as we are enhancing the customer side of our marketplace, we are also looking for ways to increase our contributor expense. Jon Oringer contributorcustomerenhance Change image and share on social