Larry Robertson has spent more than two decades in the entrepreneurial universe in roles ranging from advisor to investor and many in between. In 1992, he founded Lighthouse Consulting, which, appropriately, guides entrepreneurial ventures, their leaders, and those who invest in them. Robertson frequently lectures on entrepreneurship at Georgetown and Cornell Universities and is a recognized expert on entrepreneurship in public, private, and academic forums. Robertson is on the Board of Directors of Handwriting Without Tears and Really Great Reading, serves as Vice Chair of Netpreneur, and sits on the advisory boards of several other organizations. His professional journey includes roles with investment banking and venture capital firm Robertson, Stephens & Company, JP Morgan, and the Walt Disney Company. Robertson is the author of A Deliberate Pause: Entrepreneurship and its Moment in Human Progress, a game-changing book about the power of entrepreneurship and the truth behind everyone's ability to access it. Larry Robertson is a graduate of both Stanford University and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.