Doug, founder and Chairman of Library House, has more than 18 years experience in the development and leadership of technology and software ventures, both in the US and in the UK. In addition to his Library House involvement, he is founder and vice-chairman of Cambridge Angels, Co-Founder and Chairman of Hotxt and Chairman of the Conservative Party Small Business Task Force. Doug has also appeared in the second series of Dragons' Den.

"If it's too complex to explain, it's too complex to understand" Doug Richard

In detail

Between 1996 and 2000 he was President and CEO of Micrografx, a U.S. publicly quoted Software Company which he sold to Corel Corporation in 2000. 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.

What he offers you

With an infectious enthusiasm for new ideas, Doug offers audiences the benefits of his own radical views and insights which have enabled him to successfully develop a clutch of technology ventures both here and across the pond.

How he presents

Doug Richard is as fiercely alert, bright and blunt in the flesh as he was on the BBC's successful Dragons' Den business series. However, perhaps what the series didn't convey is the fact that off-camera he's a far more jovial character, with a dry wit and a passion for business and innovation that is almost childlike in its intensity.

Languages

He presents in English.

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