Bestselling author Derek Lidow has long demonstrated the rare ability to operate successfully in corporate, entrepreneurial, and academic environments. He is an experienced and successful global CEO, a researcher, an innovator, and a startup coach. He is currently a professor at Princeton where he teaches entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation and was tapped by the University to inaugurate a campus-wide “design thinking” curriculum. Derek, who sold his last startup for $100 million, works with founders and Princeton’s aspiring students to help them achieve their greatest levels of entrepreneurial success.

In addition to Building on Bedrock, he is the author of the best seller, STARTUP LEADERSHIP: How Savvy Entrepreneurs Turn Their Ideas Into Successful Enterprises.