Doug Richard, Formerly of the Dragons Den, Has Harsh Comments on Gulf Disaster

May 19, 2010 - PRLog -- Doug Richard, formerly of the Dragons Den, now founder of School for Startups, addresses the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf in his public blog at http://www.SchoolforStartups.co.uk. He has some harsh words for those responsible.

Richard says "It is hard to anticipate just how severe the fallout from this catastrophe might be, how many people may be effected, how many animals and ecosystems may be destroyed."  He continues, "While laying the blame for what happened on the Deep Water Horizon solely at the feet of one individual, one company, one industry is naive given the complexity of the technical, economic, government systems involved, we can certainly agree it was in the interests of everyone to prevent what happened.  Many people must be held responsible. There is an ocean of failure to be shared by many, many people who failed to take appropriate action . . . Billions will be spent trying to compensate individuals and economies for what they've lost. But the truth is, no amount of after the fact analysis or future care will give the earth it's gulf waters and its vibrant healthy ecosystem back."

Richard goes on to call on UK entrepreneurs and business professionals to "... pause and reflect on the lives their products and services effect every day, and to think about the steps they've taken to address potential costs of catastrophic failures to their customers, their employees and the general public."

Speaking about the blog, Richard added, "The gulf has given us all a brutal wake up call. How could so much go so very wrong?"

You can find Doug Richard's blog at http://www.SchoolforStartups.co.uk.  You can follow him on twitter @dougrichard.

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