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Mauro Porcini, Chief Design Officer, Pepsico [5]

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Ben Lerer, CEO, Thrillist [5]

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Dan Porter, Former CEO, OMGPOP, creators of Draw Something [5]

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Randi Zuckerberg, CEO, Zuckerberg Media [21]

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Thomas Tull, CEO, Legendary Entertainment [5]

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Bob Bowman, CEO, MLB Advanced Media [5]

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Neil Blumenthal, Co-CEO, Warby Parker [5]

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Jeffrey Hollender, Cofounder, Seventh Generation [5]

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How we think is as important as what we think. Read More [114]

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