01 · Start
Make the thing real
Formation is not a slide. Operators ship structure, product, and a team that can hold a line.
Build. Operate.
Own the outcome.
John Du Wors is a founder and operator. This site is about starting companies, running them, and putting governance around digital markets — not a general biography, and not a law-practice archive.
Bainbridge Island, Washington
02 · Run
Stay in the work
Governance, cash, and customer reality beat narrative. The job is to keep the company honest.
03 · Markets
Digital, on purpose
Internet-era distribution and brand risk are operating problems, not afterthoughts for counsel later.
Earlier in his career, John practiced business and intellectual-property law for more than two decades, including partnership at Newman Du Wors and later Du Wors Law Group. That chapter is closed. The work now is building and operating.
Named companies appear only when John confirms they may be listed. Until then, treat the Ventures page as a placeholder, not a roster. Current hub: johnduwors.com.