Douglas Muir

Douglas Muir is an authority in business strategy, specializing in Customer Development and the Business Model Canvas. He has successfully built several multimillion-dollar enterprises from the  ground up. He is considered the start-up guru and speaks internationally on topics of entrepreneurship, innovation, and business growth.  

Muir taught Entrepreneurship at the prestigious University of Virginia, both in the School of Engineering and in the Darden School of Business’s MBA program. He was also the Director of the Business Minor Program in the School of Engineering. An expert in Customer Development and Business Model Canvas, Muir taught this methodology to undergraduates. He is also the co-founder and creator of CAV Angel Network, a business encouraging entrepreneurship for University of Virginia Alumni by inspiring, connecting,  funding, and mentoring the extended UVA start-up community. 

Translating his talents to higher education once again, Muir established both the Entrepreneurship program and the Innovation Lab (i-lab) at Felician University. The Innovation Lab serves as a creative space for students to ideate and put to use the valuable lessons accrued in Muir’s Entrepreneurship courses. He has founded Felician’s first Incubation Program, which gives local businesses, students, and alumni the chance to receive mentorship from Muir and turn their concepts into successful start-ups. 

Muir has been interviewed by Gerri Willis of CNN and by Bloomberg Radio and has been published and quoted in numerous publications including Business Week and The Scotsman Guide, a prestigious magazine for the banking, mortgage, and investor industry. Douglas was the host of The Doug and Eric Show on ABC, “Exposing the Hidden Truths about the Three Credit Bureaus and the Banking and Finance System.” He was featured in Kaihan Krippendorff's business tactics book, Hide a Dagger Behind a Smile, which described how Muir infiltrated the insurance industry and locked out his competition.