The Billion-Dollar Blueprint: Stress-Test Your AI Startup Idea with Professor Doug Villhard [RSVP REQUIRED]

Tuesday, August 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM to 3:40 PM · 40 min. (US/Pacific)
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Jump back into the classroom with Professor Doug Villhard, an expert in stress-testing AI business ideas and crafting high-impact VC decks.


This 40-minute, hands-on workshop invites participants to bring their startup ideas for evaluation against Doug's proprietary "5-Point Litmus Test" framework for billion-dollar potential. By the session's end, attendees will have leveraged AI tools to enhance their business models and hone a killer pitch deck ready for the most demanding of VC AI investors.


Having navigated a career defined by three phases-Learn, Earn, and Return-Doug brings insights from his journey at Disney to his successful exit of Second Street to Upland Software (NASDAQ: ULPD) to now leading the #1 ranked MBA entrepreneurship program at WashU Olin, where he translates academic rigor into real-world results for the next generation of founders.
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