Doug Richard – The Interview
Bian Salins, our intrepid Birds reporter has nabbed us an exclusive with former Dragon, Doug Richard.
Doug is a successful business man and his expertise is backed by some very impressive credentials. A successful entrepreneur with over 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 and Vice-Chairman of the Cambridge Angels (a network for private investors), Chairman and CEO of Trutap, Chairman of the Conservative Party Small Business Task Force, and non-executive director of Alert Me, Pearl Software and Beats Digital. 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 and in 2007 he became a fellow of the RSA. In 2009 Doug received an Honorary Degree and is now a Doctor of the University of Essex.
Note from the Editor: Doug is a bit faint, if you turn your volume up you will hear him.
Remember at Birds we love our Flips, and Bian recorded this interview with one. Thank you Doug and Bian.
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Well done Bian on nabbing this exclusive for Birds, Doug said the next day it was good to see you again! Online presence is important and he’s a great advocate for it. For anyone who can’t get to see him live he does a live stream tv show that is very informative, this week I watched about business pitching and it was very useful stuff.
A great interesting interview. Well done Bian
Well done Bian! xx
Great interview Bian.
I especially loved his answer about the qualities needed for success – that you can be shy, and tired…and still succeed.
Can't imagine why that whole tired thing resonated with me!
Ann
Well done Bian and well done Birds on the Blog. Looking forward to mroe interviews.
Just read Ann's comment below and nearly laughed out loud, because if anyone asked me to name my favourite part of this interview, I'd name the same part that Ann has picked.
Great Interview Bian! Sound advice there many thanks
thank you Lynn.
Thanks Irina and keep watching this space – because I'm sure Sarah will have me out and about pretty soon!
I have found the right courses, whether online or in person, can really shorten the learning curve on these issues. I think Doug is right on!