This week, Cory speaks to entrepreneur, author and early-stage investor Scott Belsky. Scott is recognized for co-creating the design portfolio platform Behance, which later sold to Adobe, and for writing top-selling books 'Making Ideas Happen' and 'Maximize The Middle.’

Scott is currently the co-founder of referral network startup Prefer, Chief Product Officer and Executive Vice President at Adobe and a Venture Partner at Benchmark. He is also a seed investor with over 80 investments which range from Pinterest to Uber.

Scott is back with a new book, called "The Messy Middle,” which is available now on Amazon and other retailers. In this week's episode, he talks about being a full-time vs part-time investor, how and where he meets founders, how to say no to founders that you've backed before, negative signals in founders and teams, polarizing topics in his new book and investing by yourself vs. through a fund.