Douglas Fulop Business Design + Prototyping @ IDEO

Over $2B in capital raised for seed stage startups over the last 15 years. I've made 13 seed investments this year alone. I've spent the last 15 years in Venture Capital. 20,000 elevator pitchers heard. 5 seasons with Dragons' Den / 3 seasons with The Naked Entrepreneur. 2014 Mentor of the Year, Startup Canada

Founder and CEO of FourTwo.One. I work with high potential startups by using a mix of experience in business and the rigor of strategy theory, applying disruptive ideas that stem from the creative genius residing in key employees and entrepreneurs alike, helping them identify and achieve key milestones for sustainable accelerated growth.

Invented and built the teams to deliver and grow products that were: Award-winning international products to take company from inception through their public IPOs and/or successful sales: PaaS, SaaS, AaaS, and more Tech Crunch Crunchies recipient Featured products at the plenary and demonstration areas of the primary TED annual conferences multiple years in a row Multi-year plenary feature and core to the main roadshow for ESRI geospatial solutions (ESRI is the world’’s leading geospatial solutions company and one of the largest multi-billion dollar private software companies in the world) and other major SIs World class, leading developer tools and services including databases, language compilers and IDEs Best of class software products and services for many years running, winning top industry awards- analytics, social, workflow, gaming, financial services, i-radio and more Best of class mobile and consumer electronics products and services for many years running, winning top industry awards- multifunction systems, network cards, smartphones, and more $0 to $B, many companies from pre-concept As well: Successfully raised funding for multiple high tech companies Sought out to mentor CEOs and companies by entrepreneurs, incubators, venture capitalists and equity firms Served as industry spokesman in multi-billion dollar high tech industries - multiple verticals Multiple patents filed internationally MIT graduate in Computer Science and Engineering MBA and solid, consistent track record delivering great product and recovering success in technically challenged projects Developer, partner, customer, and complete product team and ecosystem builder Companies include Palm, Apple, Borland, eFax/J2 and smaller ventures Led independent consulting practice to deliver for customers for 14 years