Doug Mandell

Doug is an investor, adviser and counsel working with start-ups and entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. Doug is a founding partner at Originate, and advises or invests in consumer internet, software and clean-tech companies.As an attorney, Doug regularly counsels startups, entrepreneurs and senior executives. Doug has served as General Counsel and member of the executive teams of tech companies including: LinkedIn, ememories, and Tornado Development, a unified messaging software company backed by Intel Capital and GE Capital. Doug Mandell is the managing partner of the Mandell Law Group, PC, a boutique law firm based in San Francisco which specializes in general counsel services, corporate and technology transactions, private clients services and employment law. Prior to founding MLG, Doug was an attorney with Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. Doug received his undergraduate degree in Political Science from Washington University and studied International Relations at the London School of Economics. He received his law degree with honors from Tulane Law School.