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Robert Glazer is an author and the founder and CEO of Acceleration Partners, a global affiliate marketing agency with numerous company-culture awards. He’s been named one of Glassdoor’s Top CEOs of Small and Medium Companies in the US, and has been published by the likes of Harvard Business Review and Fast Company. Glazer has also written several best-selling books, including Friday Forward and Elevate.

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Charles R. Conn is a Canadian-American CEO and conservationist. He previously headed up Oxford Sciences Innovation, a venture-capital firm that invests in science and technology businesses. Conn is also the former warden and global CEO of the Rhodes Trust, the organization responsible for administering the Rhodes Scholarship.

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