Aug 11 2014
Doug Richard
Entrepreneur and Businessman
Doug Richard is a successful entrepreneur, and active angel investor, with over 25 years’ experience in the development and leadership of high technology and software ventures. Doug featured in the first two TV series of Dragons’ Den. In his time he has started, grown and sold 4 companies, run a NASDAQ listed public software company, invested in over 20 startups, invested over US$120Million into high tech companies in the UK as an institutional investor and taught over 10,000 people how to start their own company through his social Enterprise School for Startups.
“Entrepreneurship can be taught and must be learned”
Doug was Chairman of the Conservative Party Small Business Task Force, and is non-executive Director of BrightPearl Software Love2scoot. He was President and CEO of Micrografx. Prior to that he also founded and subsequently sold two other companies: Visual Software and ITAL Computers. In 2006 he was the first American to receive The Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion; in 2007 he became a fellow of the RSA. In 2009 Doug received an Honorary Doctorate of the University of Essex for his contribution to entrepreneurship education. In 2010 he was awarded Enterprise Educator of the Year. From 2010 he has been a guest lecturer on Entrepreneurship at Cambridge University. Doug holds a BA in Psychology from University of California at Berkeley and a Juris Doctor at the school of Law, University of California at Los Angeles[/expand]
Doug has always been a champion for startups and small businesses and is dedicated to helping many entrepre¬neurs to start better, more profitable businesses. [/expand]
An outstanding storyteller, Doug’s speeches are a combination of excellent humour, raconteur timing and invaluable business insights which make him a highly sought after speaker.[/expand]
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Topics
The Biggest Mistake I Ever Made (How He Made his Fortune, Lost it and Made it Back Again)
Everything You Need to Know to Start a Business in an Hour (Think: Reduced Shakespeare Company for Business)
What Comes Next (The Next Big Things in Technology, Media and the Internet)
How to Make Social Media Stand Up and Dance for You (Tip,Tricks and Insights into How Social Media Can Be Exploited to Grow a Business)
The Five Best/Worst Business Pitches of All Time
Publications
2013
How to Start a Creative Business
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