Founder and CEO of Startup Grind, a community of over 150 cities designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. In 2015, Startup Grind will host 100,000 entrepreneurs at 1,200 events in 70 countries. In 2009 Derek founded Vaporware Labs, incubating many products including Startup Grind and professional social network Commonred, which was acquired by Income.com in 2012. His entrepreneurial career consists of mostly spectacular failures with occasional successes. Previously, he worked at Electronic Arts on games like Burnout Paradise, Mirror's Edge, Sims 3, Need For Speed, Battlefield, and others. He lives in Palo Alto with his wife and three children.

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