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Scott Belsky’s Angel Investing Lessons and Requests For Startups

April 15, 2021
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Scott Belsky (@scottbelsky), angel investor and Chief Product Officer at Adobe, joined Erik for an On Deck Angels event to discuss:

- How he came to make his first investments in Uber and Pinterest.

- How his thinking on investing has evolved and the principles he’s picked up over time.

- Why being an operator-investor is the greatest opportunity in the space today, and why founders are drawn to operator angels.

- Why he gravitates to the pre-momentum stage — Scott says he likes to focus on the potential of a team rather than the present.

- His requests for startups, including for a social network based on receipts, a newsfeed that lets you follow a story, and a way to give developers more credit for their work across the web, and more.

- He also talks about which areas he's bearish on, including productivity tools and video for work.

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