Networking Lunch - Doug Richard - 15 September 2010

Date: Wednesday 15 September 2010

Time: 12.00 - 15.00 pm

Venue: St. James & Kensington Rooms, 6th Floor, Claridge's

Format: A 3 course lunch with wine, networking opportunities throughout

Speaker: Doug Richard

Speech: "The New Golden Age of Entrepreneurs". The forthcoming revolution in startups and how companies will be starting faster, growing faster and disrupting more than ever before....

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Doug Richard is a successful entrepreneur with 20 years’ experience in the development and leadership of technology and software ventures, Doug featured in the first two TV series of Dragon’s Den. He is the Founder of School For Startups, Founder and Vice Chairman of the Cambridge Angels and Chairman of the Conservative Party Small Business Task Force.
 

Between 1996 and 2000 Doug was President and CEO of Micrografx, a US publicly quoted software company. Prior to that he also founded and subsequently sold two other companies: Visual Software and ITAL Computers.
 

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. In 2006 Doug was an Honorary Recipient of The Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion. In 2007, Doug became a fellow of the RSA. In 2009 he received an honorary Doctorate from the University of Essex for his contributions to the teaching of Entrepreneurship.
 

Doug has always been a champion for startups and small businesses. Even before founding School for Startups he actively mentored, coached and supported many entrepreneurs. In 2008, after teaching a one day class in entrepreneurship, Doug decided to found an enterprise dedicated to helping people start better, more profitable, businesses. Since 2008 he has taught thousands in face to face and online classes across the UK.
 

His wry, candid, practical and ultimately upbeat courses in how to start a business quickly, with a minimum of outside investment and how to market and grow a business efficiently make him a sought after speaker.

As Doug says, “Entrepreneurship can be taught and must be learned.”
 

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