Scott Hartley

Founder, author, investor. $100M+ into 400 companies over 13 years in VC. Author of THE FUZZY AND THE TECHIE, published by Harper Collins, Penguin Random House, and available in 14 different translations and versions. The book was Finalist for the McKinsey & Co. / FT Bracken Bower Prize, FT Business Book of the Month, and a Top 10 Business Book of 2020 in Spain. Been profiled in HBR, WSJ, BBC, PBS, New Yorker, and in commencement addresses by Fareed Zakaria and Anne Marie Slaughter. Delivered 50+ paid keynote presentations including at the World Bank and IMF annual meetings, Fidelity, IBM, Visa, UBS, Deloitte, Stanford, Purdue, Virginia Tech, and others. Worked at Google in the US and India, Facebook, Harvard, and the White House as an Innovation Fellow. Three degrees from Stanford and Columbia. Young Leaders Circle at Milken Institute. Term Member at the Council on Foreign Relations. 8x marathoner, IRONMAN 70.3 triathlete, PADI Advanced Open Water Diver, adventurer to 75+ countries.