John Richards

Experience

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Founder

Infospace, MatchMate, FirstStep Capital, FirstStep Property, FirstStep Venture Debt, FirstStep Advisers, Utah Student 25, FirstStep Advisers, FirstStep Ventures, Yellow Pages on the Internet, Difuon

Employee

Infospace, FirstStep Capital, Yellow Pages on the Internet, UtahAngels, Brigham Young University, NTD Publishing

Advisor

ForeUP Golf, Blueroof 360, Novi Security, The World Table, Studio Design, ShopHero, Klickn, FindProz, SpringSled, Circlefive, DevMountain, LionHeart Innovations, Vicci Mobile Merchandise, Referral.IM, Text Me Tix, OnlineTherapy, Pura, XOLogic, Moneywise, Slingshot, Seek App, eDraw

Board Member

EnticeLabs, Referral.IM

Education

About

Achievements

-- Grew NTD Publishing dba Banana Pages 500% and sold to international acquirer
-- Founded Yellow Pages on the Internet at the dawn of the Internet era, sold it to InfoSpace, Inc., took InfoSpace public 2 years later - rose to $38 billion market cap
-- Helped build the BYU E-Business Center into one of the best in the nation; same for Entreprneurship Center; helped merge the two to become the BYU Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (part of the #2 ranked program in the USA)
-- Invested in and mentored countless startups (most notable is Omniture, which sold to Adobe for $2 billion, many more in pipeline)

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Locations

Utah Provo Silicon Valley Seattle Salt Lake City South Salt Lake Lehi Lindon Orem

John Richards

Entrepreneur (@Infospace, @BoomStartup), Investor (@Omniture), and Educator (@Brigham Young University Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology)