Chris Peters Industrial Designer turned Entrepreneur

Small business entrepeneur, co-founder of Cane & Derby. Economist, industrial designer, graphic designer, product designer, user experience designer, designer designer, etc... and all the other hats I gotta wear. My primary focus has always been to create the best possible user experience - from print to web to product - and always innovate.

Co-founder // CEO at Shopin, CEO & founder StartupHat, Springleap, co-founder Evly (acquired). Designer of 16 mobile handsets (acquired). Angel investor and advisor at multiple startups. Passionate about startups and working with amazing people to solve big problems in a scalable way, especially crowdsourcing and marketplaces. I advise on raising angel/seed/vc fundraising in the US, EU and African markets, crowdsourcing, community, marketplaces, marketing, strategy, and crowdfunding. Achievements: 1. won Techstars Pitchnite 2. won Alleyboost Investor Pitchnite 3. won the United Nations World Summit Award for most innovative ebusiness, 4. was listed in Fast Company most innovative companies, 5. winner of Mentorcamp Canada and 2nd place at the Innovation 100 awards in California - beating Apple, Zazzle, eBay, Zappos and all our competitors. I'm here to help. Looking forward to connecting.

Lecturer in the Product Design program at Stanford University. EIR @ Innovation Endeavors. Co-founder of Wetpixel. Product designer, surfer & father.