Scott Belsky (Founder of Behance and VP of Products at Adobe) on Why a Prototype is Worth 1,000 meetings
Thrivetime Show | Business School without the BS
Clay Clark
4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2021
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
While attending Harvard, Scott Belsky started Behance which he later sold to Adobe for $150 million. Today he is a best-selling author, the Chief Product Officer at Adobe and an early stage investor in Uber, Warby Parker, Periscope and Pinterest.
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| 0:00.0 | On Today's Show, we're interviewing the author, entrepreneur and early stage investor, Scott |
| 0:07.0 | Belsky. |
| 0:08.0 | Andrew, tell us more about this incredible guest. |
| 0:10.7 | On Today's Show, Scott Belsky shares how he started and grew the Behance Company while |
| 0:15.8 | attending Harvard before selling it to Adobe for $150 million. |
| 0:22.4 | And he still found the time to be an early stage investor and big time companies, including |
| 0:27.4 | Pinterest, Uber, Periscope, Warby Parker, and many more. |
| 0:33.0 | Today Scott now serves as a Chief Product Officer for Adobe and is the best-selling author |
| 0:38.0 | of the messy middle, finding your way through the hardest and most crucial part of any bold |
| 0:42.6 | venture and making ideas happen, overcoming the obstacles between the vision and reality. |
| 0:48.5 | And did I mention that he sold his company for $150 million to Adobe? |
| 0:54.7 | Andrew, tell us more. |
| 0:56.1 | So during Today's Show Podcast, Scott shares what he did with the money after selling |
| 1:00.3 | Behance for $150 million. |
| 1:03.3 | Andrew, if you gave me $150 million, my world would probably slow down. |
| 1:07.8 | $150 million. |
| 1:08.8 | And I'd probably take myself out to eat $150 million. |
| 1:15.3 | And I'd get myself something nice and fancy, someplace with organic, healthy products that |
| 1:20.3 | my wife could trust. |
| 1:21.3 | And I'd probably order myself 78 ounces of premium frozen yogurt with unlimited toppings. |
| 1:30.3 | $150 million. |
| 1:33.0 | And on Today's Show, Scott shares how he and his partners saved money from their previous |
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