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Mark  Blyth
Mark Blyth

Political Economist & Professor, Brown University

Acclaimed for his bold predictions, from Putin’s invasion of Ukraine to the impacts of the Trump presidency to Brexit, Brown University professor Mark Blyth continues to pinpoint the key forces that shape our economic futures.

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Barbara  Corcoran
Barbara Corcoran

Real Estate Mogul & Star of Shark Tank

Speaker Barbara Corcoran is the real estate contributor for NBC's Today Show and an investor/shark on ABC's reality hit Shark Tank.

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David  Epstein
David Epstein

Best-Selling Author on Science of High Performance

Best-selling author David Epstein has made it his mission to uncover the keys to achieving high performance in any domain. In his latest book, Range, he examines the world’s top performers, from professional athletes to artists and more.

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Gary  Vaynerchuk
Gary Vaynerchuk

Serial Entrepreneur & 5x NYT Bestselling Author

Gary Vaynerchuk is the chairman of VaynerX, a modern-day media and communications holding company and the active CEO of VaynerMedia, a full-service advertising agency servicing Fortune 100 clients across the company’s 4 locations.

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Mike  Hayes
Mike Hayes

Former Commanding Officer of SEAL Team TWO

A 20-year veteran of the US Navy SEALs, two White House administrations and senior executive roles in the private sector, Mike Hayes translates the lessons he has learned to help organizations develop stronger leaders and improve their bottom line.

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Geoff  Colvin
Geoff Colvin

Senior Editor-at-Large, Fortune Magazine

Geoff Colvin is an award-winning thinker, author, broadcaster, and speaker on today's most significant trends in business. As Fortune's Senior Editor-at-Large, he is one of America's most respected commentators.

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Daymond  John
Daymond John

Star of ABC’s Shark Tank

Daymond John has been a phenomenally successful business person for over 25 years. Along his entrepreneurial journey, through his many successes as well as failures, he has learned a few things about getting the best out of business and life.

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Howard  Ross
Howard Ross

Diversity, Inclusion, Social Justice Advocate

A seminal thought leader on addressing unconscious bias, best-selling author Howard Ross is one of the nation’s most influential diversity consultants and workplace experts, specializing in corporate culture change and leadership development.

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Mel  Robbins
Mel Robbins

Creator of the 5 Second Rule

Mel Robbins is the co-founder of Inspire52 and an award-winning CNN commentator and legal analyst. In her motivational presentations, Robbins speaks at events around the world on human behavior and leadership.

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Luke  Williams
Luke Williams

Leading Management Thinker on Innovation Leadership

At some time, someone somewhere is going to disrupt your entire industry. Shouldn’t it be you? Luke Williams, author and globally recognized authority on innovation leadership, reveals a way of thinking that has the power to transform your business.

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Raj  Sisodia
Raj Sisodia

Distinguished Professor of Business, Babson College

Best-selling business author, consultant and global thought leader Raj Sisodia specializes in showing businesses how to create meaningful social impact that drives purpose, profitability and extraordinary performance.

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Kevin  O'Leary
Kevin O'Leary

Star of ABC’s Shark Tank, Top Business Speaker, Serial Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist & Investor

Famous as “Mr. Wonderful” on ABC’s multi-award-winning Shark Tank, Kevin O’Leary is a serial entrepreneur, respected investor, and bestselling author.

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Mark C. Thompson
Mark C. Thompson

CEO & Co-Founder of Virgin Unite & Author

Mark C. Thompson is one of the most successful senior business communications executives and angel investors of our time. He is an expert advisor on Level V Leadership and Built to Last.

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Robert  Herjavec
Robert Herjavec

Technology Innovator & Investor

Robert Herjavec is one of North America's most recognizable business leaders. A dynamic speaker, Herjavec demonstrates his entrepreneurial expertise through his leading role on the Emmy nominated show, Shark Tank.

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Polly  LaBarre
Polly LaBarre

Business Leader & Founding Member, Fast Company

Polly LaBarre is co-author of Mavericks at Work, founding team member of Fast Company magazine, and co-founder of Management Lab, where she consults global brands and arms leaders with a Maverick Manual to hack the status quo and ramp up originality, invention and game-changing disruption.

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Alden  Mills
Alden Mills

Inc. 500 CEO, Entrepreneur, Best-Selling Author & Navy SEAL

Alden Mills is the Inc. 500 CEO of Perfect Fitness, founder of multiple businesses, bestselling author of Be Unstoppable and Unstoppable Teams, a three-time Navy SEAL platoon commander and nationally recognized rower.

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Patrick  Lencioni
Patrick Lencioni

President at The Table Group & Management Consultant

Patrick Lencioni is a business author and the founder of The Table Group, a San Francisco Bay Area management consulting firm specializing in executive team development and organizational effectiveness.

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Mike  Abrashoff
Mike Abrashoff

Former U.S. Navy Commander, Leadership Expert & Gen Z Engagement Strategist

Known for his innovative leadership style, former Navy commander Mike Abrashoff turned the worst-performing ship in the fleet to the best by changing his leadership style and the culture - not the crew

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Katty  Kay
Katty Kay

U.S. Special Correspondent for BBC Studios

Katty Kay is an award-winning journalist and news anchor who brings an instinctively global perspective to her observations on American politics and global affairs – a result of having grown-up living and traveling all over the Middle East, as well as reporting from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the U.S. throughout her career.

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Tim  Sanders
Tim Sanders

Vice President of Research Insights at G2, Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School & NY Times Best Selling Author

A popular business author and former leadership coach at Yahoo!, speaker Tim Sanders enlightens audiences with the key to better business.

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Liz  Wiseman
Liz Wiseman

President of The Wiseman Group

Speaker Liz Wiseman is an executive leadership coach and the author of the bestseller Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter.

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Vikram  Mansharamani
Vikram Mansharamani

Author, Yale Lecturer & Harvard Senior Fellow

Vikram Mansharamani is an experienced global equity investor and lecturer at Yale University. He is the author of Boombustology: Spotting Financial Bubbles Before They Burst.

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Gary  Hamel
Gary Hamel

Author, Speaker & Business Thought Leader

The WSJ ranked Gary Hamel as the world's most influential business thinker. Hamel is a sought-after keynote speaker, educating audiences on management, strategy, leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

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Colin Coggins & Garrett Brown
Colin Coggins & Garrett Brown

Sales & Leadership Experts, USC Professors of Entrepreneurship & Wall Street Journal Bestselling Authors

Colin Coggins and Garrett Brown are a rare speaking duo whose partnership itself is a huge part of the message. One is expressive, the other reflective. One leads with bold energy, the other with quiet depth.

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Frank  Abagnale
Frank Abagnale

Renowned Cyber-Crime & Fraud Prevention Expert, Best-Selling Author of the Memoir, Catch Me if You Can

Frank Abagnale went from one of the world's most notorious con men and subject of the major-motion picture and Broadway musical, “Catch Me if You Can” to a highly sought-after international cybercrime and fraud prevention thought leader, seminar leader and speaker.

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Valerie  Alexander
Valerie Alexander

Renowned Expert on Happiness & Inclusion

Valerie Alexander is a renowned expert on happiness and inclusion, and a nationally-recognized speaker on the topics of happiness in the workplace, the advancement of women, and unconscious bias.

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Karen M. Allen
Karen M. Allen

Mindset Expert

Karen M. Allen is a Mindset Expert and TEDx Speaker who is passionate about equipping individuals with the tools and resources to feel better, live better, and achieve their goals with a healthy mindset.

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Amina  AlTai
Amina AlTai

Business and Career Coach & Chronic Illness Advocate

Amina AITai is a business and career coach, proud immigrant and chronic illness advocate. A leading coach to notable female leaders and impact-driven celebrities-Amina’s mastery is in connecting us to our brilliance and teaching us to live.

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John U. Bacon
John U. Bacon

"The Real Ted Lasso"

John U. Bacon has worked nearly three decades as a writer, a public speaker, and a college instructor, winning awards for all three.

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Jay  Baer
Jay Baer

Business Growth Expert

Jay Baer teaches business growth through customer experience and marketing innovation. He is also a popular emcee and host of large events, New York Times bestselling author of six books, and founder of five, multi-million-dollar companies.

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Safi  Bahcall
Safi Bahcall

Author, Physicist, Biotech Entrepreneur & Former CEO

Safi Bahcall received his BA summa cum laude from Harvard and his PhD in physics from Stanford, where he worked with Lenny Susskind in particle physics (the science of the small) and the Nobel laureate Bob Laughlin in condensed matter physics.

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Alex  Banayan
Alex Banayan

Bestselling Author, Millennial Thought Leader & Venture Capitalist

Alex Banayan is the only nationally bestselling business author under 30 in America. His book The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World’s Most Successful People Launched Their Careers has been translated into more than a dozen languages.

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