Acquired

Season 3, Episode 6: Behance (with Scott Belsky)

Oct 2, 2018

01:15:41

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Scott Belsky

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Episode notes

Are You Thinking About an Exit?

03:40

Is There a Market for Creatives? Linkton

02:34

The a Plus of the Apple Buying Next

02:38

Introduction

2min

The Slack at Acquired Data Podcast - Adam Milsom

6min

Did You Go to Business School?

2min

Vhanse - What Was the Deal With the Action Journals?

3min

How Did You Become a Global Network for Your Creative Work?

3min

Is There a Market for Creatives? Linkton

3min

How Did You Find the Business Model for the Corba Product?

6min

The Final Mile

3min

Are You Thinking About an Exit?

4min

10.

Don't Be Afraid of Your Competition

4min

11.

The Relationship Between Adobe and Adobe

4min

12.

What Was Us V's Reaction to the Cap Chart?

2min

13.

Adobe Adobo - The Future of Creative Products

2min

14.

Design Is the Most Unique Human Traits There Is

5min

15.

How Did You Start Doing Angel Investing?

2min

16.

Investing - The Fateful Moment

6min

17.

The Messy Middle

2min

18.

Adobe - What's the Difference Between Adobe and Benchmark?

2min

19.

The Acquisition Category - People, Technology, Product, Business Line, Asset Consolidation

2min

20.

Adobe - I'm to Go With People

4min

21.

The a Plus of the Apple Buying Next

3min

22.

Doing the Right Thing by the Team

4min

Ben and David are joined by Adobe’s Chief Product Officer, Behance founder, Benchmark partner, author, and product luminary, Scott Belsky, to tell the story of Adobe Systems’ 2012 acquisition of Behance. We dive into the role it played in of one of the greatest (and least well-known) pivots of all time: Adobe’s transition from packaged software to services, which over the past 6 years has generated an astounding $100B+ in market cap and nearly 10x growth in Adobe’s share price!

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Acquired

Season 3, Episode 6: Behance (with Scott Belsky)

Episode guests

Are You Thinking About an Exit?

Is There a Market for Creatives? Linkton

The a Plus of the Apple Buying Next

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