Behance

“Behance is a platform of fifty-six million creatives around the world showcasing their work, and you can sort through the work by, you know, by the person who did what for what agency, with what tool in what discipline, in what color.”

“When we had groups, we had something called Tip Exchange, we had something called Circles, we had something called Work in Progress, and we realized that every time we killed one of those things, the engagement on the core feature that actually mattered most, …”

“He said that for the launch of Behance, he reached out and asked all these influential designers to join his platform. And they said, no. And then he said, oh, okay, pivot. Hey, I'd like to do an interview about you for my platform. And they said, oh sure. And…”

“No, I think it was a 175 of which he owned 60 or 70% of it.”

“If you make the whole product about one thing, everyone does that, that core crank operates at like, 10 x the velocity, and if that's the most important metric for the business, that's gold.”

“Behance, his company sold, I think for a hundred and seventy five million dollars. And I think he owned, he told me around 70% of it.”

“We had a focus group back in 2006, and we got a group of creatives together that we wanted to build a portfolio network for. You know, we asked folks, do you need, you know, we described what we were building, and universally everyone said, no, I don't need th…”

“We killed groups, and three days later, you know, some people complained, but the engagement on the platform went up on Project And then we killed tip exchange, another uptick over the next few days.”

“He did this while he was running his company called Behance, which was mostly bootstrapped until like six months before they sold it. They raised a series A, but prior to that it was bootstrapped. And when he sold it, he owned, I think, 75% of it. He sold it f…”