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Scott Belsky (@scottbelsky) April 29, 2015. I went as far as to call it the best Tweet of 2015 so far because it encapsulated my advice so succinctly. Great leaders are rare and competition for capital, people, press and customers can be brutal. I saw this Tweet recently by Scott Belsky, co-founder and CEO of Behance.
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