Howard A. Tullman

Howard A. Tullman is a highly sought-after educator, author, venture investor, technology advisor, and business leader. He is the former executive director of the Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship at Illinois Tech in Chicago. Howard is a graduate of Northwestern University and the Northwestern University School of Law.

He is also the former CEO of 1871, the managing partner of G2T3V LLC, and the managing partner of Chicago High Tech Investment Partners LLC, both early-stage venture capital funds based in Chicago. Previously, he was the chairman/CEO of Tribeca Flashpoint College, which he co-founded in 2007, and prior to that, he served as the president of Kendall College. For the past eight years, he has written a weekly online column for INC. Magazine with over 400 articles read by millions of website visitors.

Over the last 50 years, Howard has been one of the most active and successful entrepreneurs in the country and has personally founded more than a dozen high-tech companies.