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Enlightening Conversations

This speaker series features guest practitioners for provocative, closed-door discussions with students. The guest practitioners are active entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, social entrepreneurs, engineers, designers, artists, VCs, lawyers, writers, ethicists, and other diverse leaders who are impacting society through their entrepreneurial efforts. Conversations in the Studio are each moderated by a select group of students that come prepared with questions and discussion topics. This is not a lecture: it’s a wake-up call.

Some of our past speakers:

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Noam Bardin

Former CEO at Waze, Former VP of Product at Google

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Liza Landsman

General Partner at NEA, Former President at Jet.com

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Marissa Mayer

Co-Founder of Sunshine, Former President & CEO at Yahoo!

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Eric Schmidt

Former CEO & Chairman at Google & Alphabet

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Denise Young Smith

VP of Worldwide Talent & Human Resources at Apple

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Fred Wilson

Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures

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Omar Johnson

Founder of ØPUS United, Former VP of Marketing at Apple

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Niraj Shah

CEO, Co-Founder, & Co-Chairman at Wayfair

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Arianna Huffington

Former President & Editor-in-Chief at The Huffington Post

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Jacqueline Novogratz

Founder & CEO of Acumen

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