Scott Belsky

Business leader, Business mentor, Designer, Entrepreneur, Idea generator, Investor, Philanthropist, Social entrepreneur, Technologist, Writer/Editor

Scott Belsky believes that the greatest breakthroughs across all industries are a result of creative people and teams that are especially productive. As such, Scott has committed his professional life to help organize creative individuals, teams, and networks. Scott is the founder of Behance, a company that develops products and services for the creative industries. Behance oversees the Behance Network (Behance.net), the world’s leading online platform for creative professionals to showcase and discover creative work; The 99% (The99percent.com), Behance's think tank and annual conference devoted to leadership and execution in the creative world, and Action Method (ActionMethod.com), a popular online/mobile productivity application and line of organizational paper products. Scott is also the author of the international bestselling book Making Ideas Happen. 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 chairs the Board of Reboot, serves on 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.

Organizing and empowering creative professionals to make ideas happen.

Ideas don't happen because they are great - or by accident. Instead, ideas are made to happen through a combination of productivity, leveraging the forces of community, and leadership capability. It is time to take the romance out of creative achievements and focus on the true forces at work...

leadership development, Online Marketing, online media, Productivity, User-Generated Content

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