Scott Ford is a co-founder and partner at Zigzag Ventures, a global innovation platform that empowers entrepreneurs at the earliest stage to unleash their full potential. Using their AI-powered technology, Zigzag enables entrepreneurs to build an entire business validation roadmap in less than two minutes.

Prior to Zigzag, Ford was the COO of Techstars, where he led the organization’s accelerator footprint expansion to over 50 programs in 30+ cities in 13 countries across four continents. The Techstars portfolio grew from less than $10 billion to over $160 billion during Ford's tenure.

Ford also teaches entrepreneurship at at Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He received his BA from California State University, Long Beach and his MBA from the University of Colorado Denver.

SXSW, Denver, CO, Colorado, Business Growth, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Artificial Intelligence Technology, Teamwork & Teambuilding, Private Equity, Startup, Business Leadership,