Doug Villhard is the Academic Director and Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School.

A multi-faceted leader—professor, entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, and author—Doug’s career trajectory spans from his formative early years at Disney to his success as the co-founder and CEO of Second Street, which was recently acquired by the publicly traded Upland Software (NASDAQ: ULPD).

At Ai4, Doug leverages this diverse background to explore how artificial intelligence is fundamentally accelerating the entrepreneurial lifecycle, empowering the next generation of founders to build scalable, tech-forward enterprises with unprecedented speed and precision.