damir perge

Small Business Owner, Filmmaker, and Public Speaker in Dallas, Texas

damir perge

Small Business Owner, Filmmaker, and Public Speaker in Dallas, Texas

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Damir Perge, author of Entrepreneur Myths: The Startup Reality, is the founder of entrepreneurdex, a startup studio using complexity science to fund, launch, accelerate and scale startups and growing businesses.

Upcoming book:

SOCCERPRENEUR: Everything You Need to Know About Business, You Can Learn on the Soccer Pitch

An entrepreneur and investor, with more than 25 years experience, he's worked with ventures in the technology, internet, media and publishing, entertainment, energy, and manufacturing sectors raising more than $300 million in capital for various companies and investing more than $50 million into startup and emerging ventures. He's sat on the boards of 11 companies, served as editor-in-chief of Futuredex, a private equity magazine.

Born in Yugoslavia, Perge immigrated to the U.S. in elementary school. He became a U.S. citizen at age 16 and represented the U.S. on the National Soccer Team. He was a McDonald's Soccer All-American and received a full scholarship to play at Southern Methodist University.

His hobbies and interests include complexity science, lean and JIT manufacturing, venture capital, private equity, business strategy and business modeling, social technologies, film production, mathematics, art and soccer.

Books Available:

ENTREPRENEUR MYTHS: The Startup Reality

  • Work
    • founder of entrepreneurdex
  • Education
    • SMU