Richard is the founder & CEO of Prompt.ly a scheduling, promotions &
payment platform for Solopreneurs based in San Francisco. Richard,
a serial entrepreneur, investor and strategic adviser to a variety of
firms in Europe, Latin America and the USA through his investment
vehicle Octavian Ventures. Richard has (co-) founded seven firms in
his entrepreneurial career; including Razorfish LA and more recently
its competitor Schematic which was purchased by WPP in 2007. Until
July 2010, Richard was the CEO of Associated Northcliffe Digital
(www.and.co.uk) the digital consumer division of Daily Mail and
General Trust (LSE: DMGT) where he oversaw a portfolio (£100+ year
rev) of European digital businesses. Previously he was a Future
Media Controller at the BBC responsible for the BBC homepage, Mobile
service and led the team responsible for the redesign of its website,
Mobile and iTV services, & BBC iPlayer. He also exec-produced Sundance
Feature film winners On_line and Who Killed the Electric Car?
