Over the past 25  years Srikrishna has built multiple businesses – from a $75M new product line in 18 months to a bootstrapped global leader in wireless stereo. As a manager, founder, angel investor and mentor he’s learnt that storytelling is the most effective way to gain buy-in and persuade others. 

As a professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at Northeastern University, a mentor to startups and consultant to growing firms, Srikrishna has trained thousands – from freshman to sixty-year olds – to be effective storytellers. 

As the executive director of the National Entrepreneurship Network, Srikrishna led fundraising, partnership management and organizational capacity building, all of which helped hone his storytelling chops.

Srikrishna is an alumnus of the University of California at Berkeley and IIT and as the father of two young women is interested in greater inclusion in business and technology.