Bill Gordon

I'm Bill Gordon serial entrepreneur teaching on the faculty at School of Visual Arts in NYC but living in Portland, Oregon.

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Bill Gordon is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor deeply interested in social innovation. Bill Gordon was a Founder of Lean Launch Ventures a vehicle used to run acceleration programs in CT during the first year of the CT Innovation Ecosystem. Bill was a catalyst for the ecosystem. Bill Gordon is still on the faculty at the School of Visual Arts in NYC where design students can earn an MFA in Design for Social Innovation. He relocated at the end of 2014 to Portland, Oregon but remains Faculty @ Large at SVA.

Graduate Faculty at School of Visual Arts - Design for Social Innovation

September 2013 - Present | New York City

Teaching entrepreneurship to students earning MFA in Design for Social Innovation

Senior Facilitator at FIDO Global LLC

2010 - 2014 | Westport, CT

Facilitated unique FIDO problem solving assignments for a number of Fortune 500 companies. A very exciting approach!

Catalyst at CT Innovation Ecosystem

June 2009 - October 2013 | Connecticut

I was an important catalyst for the CT Innovation Ecosystem that began with the creation of the Stamford Innovation Center.

Co-Founder at Lean Launch Ventures

November 2012 - September 2013 | Fairfield County CT

Helping entrepreneurs take the risk out of Startups by teaching the Lean LaunchPad curriculum of Steve Blank and Bob Dorf and providing seed funding through the Lean Launch Ventures Accelerator.

CEO & President at Tetragenetics Inc.

2005 - 2011

Founding angel investor, member of Board of Directors and President & CEO. Led Tetragenetics to a Gates Foundation Grand Challenge Exploration Grant for work on a novel malaria vaccine. Turned over President and CEO in 2011 to a hired gun.

Managing Partner at WEG Family LLC

1997

Family investment vehicle for holdings in various entities. Started with an investment in Callahan Associated International in 1997 and has gone on from there. Focused currently on biotech & e-commerce.

University of California, Berkeley

1972 – 1978

PhD

Concentration: Molecular and Cell Biology, Zoology

Wayne State University

1967 – 1971

BS Biology

Concentration: Cell Biology

Activities: Worked in the lab of Dr. John Taylor.

University of Pennsylvania

MBA

Concentration: Finance