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Scott Belsky

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Scott Belsky has committed his professional life to help organize creative individuals, teams, and networks. He is the co-founder and CEO of Behance, the leading online platform to showcase and discover creative work. Creatives of all kinds use Behance to broadcast their work widely and efficiently, and companies access talent on a global scale. Behance’s platform also serves as the backbone for AdWeek, LinkedIn, and thousands of other personal portfolio sites and online galleries of creative talent.

Scott is also the author of the national bestselling book Making Ideas Happen (Portfolio Imprint, Penguin Books, April, 2010).

Scott actively advises businesses that cross the intersection of technology and the creative industries and help empower creative professionals. He is an investor and advisor in Pinterest, Quarterly, Paddle8, as well as several others in the early stages.

Prior to founding Behance, Scott helped grow the Pine Street Leadership Development Initiative at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Scott was especially focused on organizational improvement and strengthening relationships with Goldman Sachs’ key clients. Scott serves on the Advisory Board of Cornell University’s Entrepreneurship Program, is a board member for the Art Director’s Club, and is a member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. He attended Cornell University as an undergraduate and received his MBA from Harvard Business School.

Recent Milestones

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  Scott Belsky invested in Pay with Cover. (5/8/13)
  Posted 5/8/13 at 3:22pm
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  Scott Belsky invested in Pict. (4/26/13)
  Posted 4/26/13 at 3:22am via techcrunch.com
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  Scott Belsky invested in Rally.org. (6/26/12)
  Posted 6/26/12 at 5:39am via yahoo.com
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  Scott Belsky invested in Circa. (4/27/12)
  Posted 4/27/12 at 7:24pm via techcrunch.com
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  Scott Belsky added a position as Advisor at Circa. (3/1/12)
  Posted 4/28/12 at 6:11am
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  Scott Belsky invested in Everest. (1/1/12)
  Posted 2/14/13 at 2:27pm
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  Scott Belsky added a position as Advisor at Flud. (4/14/11)
  Posted 1/8/12 at 4:17pm
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  Scott Belsky invested in Flud. (4/13/11)
  Posted 4/8/11 at 2:22pm via techcrunch.com
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  Scott Belsky added a position as Advisor/Investor at Paddle8. (3/5/10)
  Posted 2/9/12 at 8:19am
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  Scott Belsky added a position as Advisor/Investor at Pinterest. (1/20/10)
  Posted 2/9/12 at 8:19am
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  Scott Belsky invested in Pinterest. (1/1/10)
  Posted 10/7/11 at 11:53am via pinterest.com
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  Scott Belsky added a position as Advisor/Investor at Pinterest.
  Posted 2/8/12 at 7:59pm
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  Scott Belsky added a position as Co-Founder/CEO at Behance.
  Posted 2/5/08 at 2:44pm

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2. PICT Gets $1.4M From Lowercase Capital, Forerunner Ventures And Others For ‘Shoppable’ Photo Tech (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Social Fundraising Platform, Rally.org, Raises $7.9 Million to Rally the World (finance.yahoo.com) [edit]
4. All-Star Cast Invests 750K In Ben Huh And Matt Galligan’s Mobile News Startup Circa (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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6. News Reader FLUD Raises $1 Million From Cavs Owner, Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
7. Pinterest / Team (pinterest.com) [edit]