Aaron Everhart helps people commercialize ideas. That means turn ideas, or think of new ideas, and bring them to life through processes like design thinking, and lean startup.

• 25 years of brand communications experience for Fortune 500 companies,
• Worked at New York-headquartered global agencies Landor and Grey.

Aaron moved to Vietnam as a foreign investor in 2005, he set up branch offices for Landor and Grey in Hanoi; started ABL.INK boutique local branding & PR agency (still operating).

He set up HATCH! in 2013 to kickstart what is now a vibrant entrepreneurship ecosystem. It served startups and their founders with training, mentorship and seed-funding.

HATCH! was acquired by Draper Venture unit, Draper Startup House, in 2021, which is where he currently works as Country Lead.

• University of California, Santa Cruz: BA, Literature (with honors),
• San Francisco State University: MA, English,
• LaTrobe Graduate School of Management: MBA (distinguished alumni award),
• Certifications: CELTA; CompTIA A+, N+; ITIL ITSM, ITEM.