Devin Hunt
Founder of Useful Books
Devin Hunt
Founder of Useful Books
United Kingdom
Overview
Work Experience
Founder
2020 - Current
Creating the process and the tools to help authors and their books thrive
Venture Partner
2018
Expert in Resident
2017 - 2018
Volunteer
2020 - 2021
Leading the visualization team for www.covidexitstrategy.org
USDR helps governments, nonprofits, and public entities respond quickly to critical public needs.
Raised $25,000.00 from Box Impact Fund.
Advisor
2015 - 2020
Advisor
2014 - 2019
Partner
2013 - 2016
Founder Centric designs & delivers entrepreneurship education. FC works with many organisations - from accelerators to universities - to help founders gain the skills, attitude, and principles they need. Clients include Seedcamp, Oxford University, and Unilever. As one of the three partners at Founder Centric, I built and taught programs, curated new curricula with clients, and designed info products to grow our education’s reach.
Entrepreneur in Residence
2013 - 2015
My responsibilities as an EIR at UCL’s School of Management centred around supporting MSc students starting businesses as part of their dissertation. The majority of my time was spent directly mentoring students on product development, business model design, and market traction.
CPO / cofounder
2010 - 2012
Lyst is a leading online fashion marketplace that gives millions of people their own personalised shopping experience. I led product development and built the team that created the most technologically advanced fashion destination online.
Cofounder
2007 - 2010
Fuzzwich (aka Habit Industries) was a YCombinator & TAG (now LocalGlobe) backed startup that launched a series of products in online media, including the popular animation site Fuzzwich. Our clients included Universal Studios, Aardman Animation, and WPP.