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The book will be published in Spanish this summer...
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And thanks for the gratitude. ;-)
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I have two speaking engagements in Dallas and one in Austin (I will be speaking at SXSW this year), but nothing scheduled in Houston at the moment...
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asked by DeanKahremanis
Dean: I think that the benefits of sharing ideas liberally (feedback, accountability, etc...) greatly outweigh the potential cost of them being "stolen." After all, most ideas never happen anyways. And, if your idea is so easily replicated by anyone else who hears about it...well, it's probably not a sustainable idea/business to begin with.
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Over the last decade, most creative professionals transformed their portfolio books (those big static printed collections that frankly accumulate dust and are outdated the moment they are created) into websites. These static websites could be updated at any time and seemed much more efficient than the book approach. Personal portfolio websites proved effective, but only for those that visit them. Like the old-school portfolio books, you still need to invite people to view your site - whether by email or a link on your business card. Now, with the rise of social networks and professional networks, it is easier to spread the links to our portfolios and hope that the right person clicks. But nothing represents creative potential better than the work itself. For this reason, I think the "connected portfolio" is the future - a live stream of the work you do - instantly sent when updated to everyone who follows you...and optimized for search to help people stumble upon your brilliance...
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I would venture to say that the "law of diminishing returns" applies to thinking in the world of business. At some point, nothing beats the benefit of taking action and refining your ideas through rapid iteration.
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The need for capital is a speed bump, but not a road block.
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My colleagues help manage the various twitter feeds, @behance and @the99percent. I typically take 15 minutes to digest my own feed @scottbelsky at the end of every day...and sometimes I schedule a couple tweets for the following day.
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We're focused on the final rounds of development for iPad and Android at the moment. Expect announcements in the Fall. The future development of the application itself will have more emphasis on action management and will better leverage/integrate other online applications when it comes to managing reference items. At least this is the plan.
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Through self-imposed pressure and the realization that balance is not achieved at any one moment in time, but rather over time.
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Everything flashy and cool started as something new and unknown. You need to start projects for the love rather than the need for instant gratification.
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asked by DeanKahremanis
We want to push ActionMethod Online to be more focused on action management, and better integrated with other devices and project management tools.
The future of project management will likely be an integrated a la carte approach. Some applications are great at hosting discussions, some focus on file storage and version tracking, some focus on co-creation, and some - like AMO - focus on task/action management. People will use a number of applications in tandem.
We want AMO to be the best solution for capturing/managing/completing action steps/tasks. As such, we will focus more on the mobile options and building out the action step management functionalities of the application.
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My driving force is (1) my team - I am routinely inspired by my colleagues, who I deeply respect as brilliant and an integral part in the puzzle Behance is trying to solve, and (2) a deep sense of frustration with the fact that most great ideas never see the light of day.
Our long term vision keeps us focused, and the team we have built pushes us forward.
As for experiences that have helped along the way: I would certainly need to credit my years spent in the Pine Street leadership initiative at Goldman Sachs, my time spent at the Biosphere 2 center in Oracle Arizona, my travels during which i did a lot of writing, experiences out of the classroom at Cornell (and to a lesser extent Harvard), and to mentors along the way. -
I think it starts with a bit of a "short-circuiting" of the traditional rewards system that governs us - as well as a compromise of our natural creative tendencies that get in the way of execution. But it's also about much more than that. One could write a whole book about it!..
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Develop your organizational and business skills. It is a shame that art/design curriculums don't adequately prepare students to be entrepreneurs and leaders in business because that is what, in fact, they will become.
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Hands down, the benefits and opportunities from experiential education blow away what can be garnered in the classroom. I have always subscribed to the 70/20/10 model for leadership development and knowledge as a whole: 70% is experiential on-the-job, 20% is from coaching and feedback, and 10% is classroom instruction.
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No, we're still a start-up, reinvesting our revenues into growth vs. profit. But if experiential education and intrinsic reward count as forms of profit, then yes: we are extremely profitable. ;-)
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An understanding of the problem you're trying to solve, a familiarity with what/who else is out there trying to solve it, and conviction to rapidly iterate as you develop a solution.
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asked by jadetang
I'm aiming to continue my digital "office hours" ever Tuesday (except for when I'm traveling...).
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Scott Belsky’s Bio
My team at Behance and I are on a mission to help organize creative individuals, teams, and networks. Together, we've created the Behance Network, The 99%, and Action Method. I'm also the author of MAKING IDEAS HAPPEN. Learn more at Behance.com
