Mr. Bill Townsend has been involved in the launch and growth of some of the most successful startups of the past decade.

In 1995, Bill was the author of the Internet industry’s . first Children’s Advertising Guidelines, establishing advertising standards for . rms marketing to minors.  He was active in early Internet privacy initiatives, served on the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) and as Vice Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulation’s Internet Standards and Measurement Committee.

In 2007, he co-authored, along with Dr. Gary Carini, an article in Harvard Business Review on employee entrepreneurship, that was the result of more than 10 years of study in entrepreneurship.

He is active in education, speaking at institutions such as The University of Texas, Harvard University, Loyola Marymount University, University of New Orleans, and holds the John F. Schoen Entrepreneur-in-Residence chair at Baylor University.