Hi, my name is Richard Hearn.
I founded Crown (acquired by Publicis/Razorfish), then ran Razorfish Commerce as Global President. From there I led IBM's $1.5B Watson Customer Engagement business, then CEO'd PE-backed FPX through a turnaround and exit. Today I'm Founder & General Partner at Bambu Capital, where my partners and I bring the operator playbook to undervalued software companies — and I chair Lemonaid Health, one of our portfolio companies, rebuilding primary care around patients.
Mechanical engineer by training (Purdue), MBA (Ohio State). Raising two kids.
This site is where I think out loud about all of it. Four buckets: Business is the work. Think is the bigger questions. Drive is the road, the boat, the speed. Play is the family, the trips, the absurd.
"Richard is the Magic Johnson of technology executives — balances ego with humility, and focuses on the team."
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A ChatGPT digital twin trained on 10,000+ hours of my journaling, reflection, and war in the trenches — business, love, addiction, growth. Use it when you need brutal honesty, practical wisdom, or a mirror that won't lie to you.
No more generic ChatGPTs.
Same site, four lanes. Pick what you're here for.
Business
Operating notes from Bambu, lessons from selling Crown, and the side projects (Bonfiyah, others) I can't help but ship.
Think
Parenting, ADD, status quo, ambition, the rules worth breaking. What I'd tell my kids if they actually listened.
Drive
~30 years of powerboat racing, road trips, GoPro footage, and the Hall-of-Champions name I grew up under.
Play
Disney mishaps, JetSurf in Kauai, fundraisers, and the things you do because life is short and the kids are small.
A mix from all four streams. Newest first.
The longer version, for anyone who's curious.
I'm a serial entrepreneur and global Fortune 500 executive. I've founded and led startups and billion-dollar businesses in the marketing, commerce, SaaS, and SI/agency worlds.
I was Founder & CEO of Crown (acquired by Publicis/Razorfish — M&A Advisor's 2014 Deal of the Year). After Razorfish I served as Global President of Razorfish Commerce, then went to IBM as GM of Global Revenue & Product for the $1.5B Watson Customer Engagement business. Most recently I was CEO of PE-backed FPX, a B2B Commerce SaaS company, through a turnaround and successful exit.
Today I'm Founder & General Partner at Bambu Capital — a growth PE firm focused on undervalued software and tech-enabled services. I also chair Lemonaid Health, one of our portfolio companies, rebuilding primary care around patients. On the side, I tinker on a handful of small projects — Bonfiyah among them.
Easiest way to reach me is email. I read everything.