Meet Eric Koester

Eric is the founder and CEO of Creator Institute, a b-corporation whose mission is to inspire, teach and support tomorrow’s creators — authors, podcasters, speakers, entrepreneurs, corporate innovators and course builders. Through his work he’s coached nearly 1,000 first-time creators. Prior to his career in education and EdTech, Eric has been a serial entrepreneur having founded ventures backed by Kleiner Perkins, Ashton Kutcher, Floodgate Capital, Felicis Ventures, Meg Whitman and Steve Blank. He has served as the Managing Director for Next Gen Venture Partners, an early stage technology venture capital firm and today is a venture partner. Eric has also been a corporate attorney specializing in securities, venture capital and startups at Cooley LLP and a finance professional and CPA at a leading biotechnology and diagnostics company and completed his undergraduate degree in business at Marquette University and completed his juris doctorate at The George Washington University School of Law.