Doug Richard founded the business advice company School for Startups.
Doug Richard is an American entrepreneur and investor who became one of the original Dragons on the British version of Dragon's Den. After his television involvement, he developed School for Startups as an organisation focused on helping entrepreneurs learn about starting and growing businesses.
The organisation reflects Richard's background in technology entrepreneurship, mentoring and business education. His work has included advising founders and discussing practical issues such as testing ideas, finding customers and building sustainable companies. That educational role is separate from the televised process in which a founder asks individual Dragons for investment.
Richard is sometimes confused with later Dragons because the panel changed substantially over the years. He is also less familiar to some international viewers than Peter Jones or Duncan Bannatyne. The identifying combination here is specific: Doug Richard was an original investor, and School for Startups was the business advice venture associated with him.