Doug Richard
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Doug Richard is a United Kingdom-based Californian entrepreneur and specialist in technology transfer, commercialisation, and business incubation. He came to prominence as a result of the BBC programme Dragons' Den, where he appeared as a 'dragon', or investor in the first two series. He was marked from the other investors on the programme by a straightforward, no-nonsense style, and also by his education credentials, which include a B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley and a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Richard is co-founder of trutap new mobile phone network, and before this, he was founder or CEO of three different technology companies.[clarification needed] He is also a non executive director of Alertme and Vizwoz and the Non Executive Chairman of BeatsDigital. He is also involved with entrepreneurial business school, School for Startups and Online Business Support Service VentureNavigator.
In May 2006, he received an honorary Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion[1] for his work promoting, developing and helping entrepreneurs.[2] He is the first American to receive the honour.[citation needed]
Richard contributes to several publications, including the Daily Telegraph[3] and Lusso Magazine.[4] In May 2008 Richard published his investigation into the British government's support of small businesses.[5] The Richard Report was written at the behest of the Conservative Party, though Richard emphasised the work was politically neutral.
He currently resides in Cambridge, England.
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- ^ http://www.queensawards.org.uk/individual/2006_Recipients.html
- ^ http://www.queensawards.org.uk/individual/Case_Studies.html#DouglasRichard
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/2816023/Trutap-doing-the-Techcrunch.html
- ^ Doug Richard profile
- ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/doug-richard-exit-the-dragon-449529.html
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