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Entrepreneurial Thinking & Investment Strategies was last modified: December 21st, 2023 by Stern Strategy Group

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Award-Winning Computer Scientist, Product Leader, Entrepreneur and Tech Executive Who Helps Organizations Evaluate and Responsibly Apply AI in Strategic, Ethical and Competitive Ways; Vice President of Artificial Intelligence, Workday; Senior Advisor, Mozilla; Co-Founder, Ethical Tech Working Group, Harvard Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society; Senior Fellow, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy; Inaugural Executive Director, U.S. National AI Advisory Committee; Founding Product and Engineering Member, U.S. Digital Service at the White House; Former Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Federal Trade Commission; Former Product and Engineering Leader, Google and IBM

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Globally Recognized Strategist on Megatrends and Sustainable Business; Ranked #3 on the Thinkers50 List of the Most Influential Management Thinkers in the World; Bestselling Author, “Green to Gold,” “The Big Pivot,” and “Net Positive”

Sustainability, the Environment & Climate Change / Energy & Renewables / Strategy / Entrepreneurial Thinking & Investment Strategies / Operations / Business Model Innovation / Innovation & Design / Resilience / Financial Services / Artificial Intelligence / Futurists / Executive Education / Must-Read Books / New To Stern
Natasha Sarin

Leading Economist and Expert on Tax Policy Who Helps Business Leaders Navigate the Increasing Challenges in Todayโ€™s Global Economy, From Tariffs to AI’s Impacts on the Labor Market; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy and Counselor to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, U.S. Treasury Department; Professor, Yale Law School and Yale School of Management in the Finance Department; President and Co-Founder, The Budget Lab at Yale; Contributing Columnist, The Washington Post

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Trailblazing Thought Leader Redefining Whatโ€™s Possible in the Age of AI and Digital Transformation; Experienced Silicon Valley and Middle East Business Executive Helping Shape the Future of Cities, Businesses, and Individuals; Captivating Storyteller and Visionary Thinker Who Inspires Audiences to Embrace Innovation, Unlock Hidden Potential, and Take Bold Leaps Into the Future; Chief Executive Officer, TONOMUS, a NEOM Company; Author, โ€œQuestioneeringโ€ and Co-Author, โ€œYou to the Power of Twoโ€ (2025)

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Leading Economic Policy Adviser Shaping Modern Conservative Thought and the Future of Capitalism by Advocating for Policies Prioritizing Family, Community and Industry; Influential Public Commentator Helping Leaders Understand the Values and Priorities of Americans and the Challenges in Modern American Life; Founder and Chief Economist, American Compass; Contributing Opinion Writer, New York Times; Contributing Editor, Financial Times; Creator and Author, โ€œUnderstanding Americaโ€ Newsletter; Author, โ€œThe Once and Future Workerโ€ (2018); Editor, โ€œThe New Conservativesโ€ (2025); Domestic Policy Director for Governor Mitt Romneyโ€™s 2012 Presidential Campaign; Former Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

Economics, Capitalism, Geopolitics & Globalization / Entrepreneurial Thinking & Investment Strategies / Must-Read Books / Education & Lifelong Learning / Future of Work / Policy & Government / New To Stern
Rana el Kaliouby

Pioneering AI Scientist and Inventor of Emotion and Human Perception AI; Visionary Entrepreneur, Investor and Authority on Developing an AI Mindset for Competitive Advantage; Expert on Designing and Implementing Ethical Business Strategies;ย Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Blue Tulip Ventures; Executive Fellow, Harvard Business School; Bestselling Author, โ€œGirl Decodedโ€ (2020)

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Top Global Researcher on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Computer Science Who Helps Public and Private Institutions Move Toward a Future Where Machines Are Integrated Into the Fabric of Life; Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT; Director, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and the MIT AI Accelerator; Co-Founder of Liquid AI, Themis AI, Venti Technologies and TRC; Board Member; Class of 2002 McArthur Fellow; Member, National Academy of Engineering and American Academy of Arts and Sciences; 2024 John Scott Award Recipient; Author, โ€œThe Mindโ€™s Mirrorโ€ (2024), โ€œThe Heart and the Chipโ€ (2024)

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Award-Winning Quantum Technology Expert Working to Unleash the Power of High-Performance Computing at Scale; Pioneering Deep Technology Inventor Bringing About the Future of Quantum Security, Materials and Sensing; Principal Investigator, Narang Lab and Professor in Physical Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles; Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Aliro; 2023 US Science Envoy; Winner of the 2023 Maria Goeppert Mayer Award, American Physical Society; 2023 Guggenheim Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation; Top Innovator, MIT Tech Review; Forbes โ€œ30 Under 30โ€

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Award-Winning Growth and Strategy Executive Helping Companies Innovate and Transform Into Ethical and Responsible Customer-Centric Organizations; Worldwide Digital Transformation and Value Proposition Design Expert Who Helps Create Great Brands; Former Vice President, CEO Co-Innovation and Customer Engagement, Microsoft; Investor/Entrepreneur in Residence, Goizueta Business School, Emory University; Co-Author, โ€œGenius at Scaleโ€ with Linda A. Hill (March 2026)

Leadership / Innovation & Design / Customer Experience & Consumer Behavior / Marketing, Branding & Sales / Artificial Intelligence / Financial Services / Digital Transformation, IT & Data Analytics / Strategy / Business Model Innovation / Entrepreneurial Thinking & Investment Strategies / Founders & Practitioners / Executive Education
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Global Futurist, Exponential Thinker and Expert Investor; Founder, Exponential View; Visiting Fellow, Oxford Martin School; Executive Fellow, Harvard Business School; Digital Fellow, Stanford Digital Economy Lab; Host, โ€œExponentially,โ€ Bloomberg TV; Co-Chair, Global Futures Council on Complex Risks, World Economic Forum; Award-Winning, Bestselling Author, โ€œThe Exponential Ageโ€; Named one of Voxโ€™s 2023 Future Perfect 50

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World-Renowned Expert on Leadership and Innovation; Digital Transformation Visionary Revealing Guiding Principles for Successfully Leveraging Data, Tech and Tools to Develop Star Talent and Inclusive Cultures; Chair of the Leadership Initiative and Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Co-Founder, Paradox Strategies Leadership Advisory Firm; Co-Founder, InnovationForce; Co-Author of Award-Winning Bestseller โ€œCollective Geniusโ€ and the Forthcoming “Genius at Scale” (March 2026); Seven-Time Top 50 Management Thinker in the World, Thinkers50; 2025 Female Founders 500, Inc. Magazine

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One of the Worldโ€™s Leading Experts in Leadership, Strategy, Change and Innovation Who Helps Organizations Build Breakout Strategies, Bust Bureaucracy, Unleash Innovation and Accelerate Change; Wall Street Journal Worldโ€™s #1 Business Thinker; Visiting Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, London Business School; Director, The Management Lab; Fellow, The Strategic Management Society; Thinkers 50 Hall of Fame; Bestselling Author, “Humanocracyโ€

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Internationally Renowned Strategy and Leadership Expert Whose Practical Frameworks Help Organizations Leverage Input From All Levels of Their Business To Create Successful Long-Term Strategies; Groundbreaking Researcher Demonstrating How to Leverage Generative AI for Competitive Advantage; Skilled Facilitator of Interactive Scenario Planning Workshops; Strategic Management Professor, Warwick Business School; Forbes Contributor; Bestselling Co-Author, โ€œOpen Strategyโ€

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Renowned Climate Change Strategist, Author and Expert on How Organizations and Changemakers Can Lead on Climate; Trusted Advisor to Business and Government Leaders, Investors, Organizations and Communities; Senior Writer, New York Times Bestseller โ€œDrawdownโ€ (2017); Editor-in-Chief, โ€œThe Drawdown Reviewโ€ (2020); Co-Editor, โ€œAll We Can Saveโ€ (2020); Co-Host, โ€œA Matter of Degreesโ€ Podcast; Co-Founder, The All We Can Save Project; One of 15 โ€œWomen Who Will Save the World,โ€ Time Magazine

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Leading Expert on Invention and Innovation for Problem Solving in Government and Longstanding Institutions; Top Advisor Helping Leaders in All Sectors Elevate Their Knowledge of Generative AI and Explore How to Deploy it Within Their Organizations; Acclaimed Author, โ€œWe the Possibility;โ€ Award-Winning Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School

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Pioneering Practitioner of Modern Revenue Generation and Sales & Marketing Strategies in the Digital Era; Founding CRO, HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS); Bestselling Author, โ€œThe Sales Acceleration Formulaโ€; Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit, Harvard Business School; Venture Capitalist Who Helps Businesses Scale While Leveraging Salesforce Culture and Maximizing Success

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Visionary Futurist and Venture Capitalist Funding Dynamic Breakthrough Technologies in Computing, Energy, Life Sciences and Health Care; Leading Expert on New Technology, Innovation and the Future of Work; Renowned Journalist, Speaker and Moderator; Partner, DCVC; Chairman of the Board of Directors, Strateos

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Digital Health Pioneer, Entrepreneur and Inventor of Mobile & Wearable Technology for Emotional Intelligence and Well-Being; Expert on Emotion AI and the Ethics of Its Use; Top Cited Scholar in the Areas of Digital Health and Affective Computing; Co-Founder, Affectiva; Co-Founder and Chairman, Empatica; Director, Affective Computing Research, MIT Media Lab; Professor, MIT; Faculty Chair MindHandHeart

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Behavioral Economics Expert and Leader in Applying Human Insights to Business Strategy, Marketing and Operations; Behavioral Economics Leader & Partner, Deloitte; Co-Founder, BEworks; Founder and CEO, Trial Run; Lifetime Achievement Award, Consulting Magazine

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Master Innovator, Maker and Entrepreneur; Expert Investigator of Consumersโ€™ Motivations and Decision-Making Processes; Co-Creator of the โ€œJobs-To-Be-Doneโ€ Theory; President, ReWired Group; Co-Author, โ€œJob Movesโ€ (2024)

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Leading Expert on Disruptive Innovation and Strategies for Conquering New Markets; Authority on Proactive Investment Opportunities; Best 40 Under 40 Professor (Poets & Quants); John Tyler Associate Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Innovation & Design / Digital Transformation, IT & Data Analytics / Entrepreneurial Thinking & Investment Strategies / Strategy / Emerging Technology / Business Model Innovation / Financial Services / Moderators
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World-Renowned Economist and Financial Scholar Whose Evidence-Based Frameworks Offer Audiences a Deeper Understanding of Market Psychology and Modern Investment Strategies; Groundbreaking Researcher Developing AI Tools to Extend Human Ability in Financial Advising, Quantitative Trading, and Predicting Clinical Trial Outcomes; MIT Sloan School of Management Professor, Director of the MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering, Principal Investigator at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory; Serial Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of the AlphaSimplex Group, QLS Advisors, Quantile Health, Uncommon Cures, and the Award-Winning BridgeBio Pharma; Author, โ€œAdaptive Marketsโ€; Co-Author, โ€œIn Pursuit of the Perfect Portfolioโ€; TIMEโ€™s 100 Most Influential People

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Global Authority on Strategies That Drive Competitive Advantage by Leveraging Business Opportunities With Social and Environmental Impact; Co-Creator (With Michael Porter) of the Creating Shared Value (CSV) Concept; Acclaimed Scholar Who Introduced the Ideas of Impact Investing, Catalytic Philanthropy, Collective Impact, and Strategic Evaluation; Co-Founder, FSG; Senior Fellow, CSR Initiative of the Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School

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New York Times Bestselling Author and Leading Expert on Human Performance; Foremost Authority on Harnessing Flow to Amplify Focus, Decision-Making and Productivity; Visionary Thinker on the Future of Technology; Award-Winning Journalist; Three-Time Pulitzer Prize Nominee; Author, โ€œGnar Countryโ€ (2023) and Bestseller โ€œThe Art of Impossibleโ€ (2021); Executive Director, Flow Research Collective

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Authority on Integrating Firms into Dynamic Business Ecosystems; Innovation Strategy and Effectiveness Expert; Influential Designer; Co-Founder and Former President, Doblin; Author, โ€œTen Types of Innovationโ€

Innovation & Design / Entrepreneurial Thinking & Investment Strategies / Strategy / Emerging Technology / TED Speakers / Must-Read Books / Transportation, Micromobility & Infrastructure / Founders & Practitioners / Executive Education

Leading Authority on Economic Development and Growth; Entrepreneur and Angel Investor; Creator of Scale Up Ecosystems; Former Professor of Entrepreneurship, Harvard Business School, Columbia University and Babson Executive Education; Author, โ€œWorthless, Impossible and Stupidโ€ and Over Three Dozen HBR Articles on Entrepreneurship.

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Pioneering Innovator, Entrepreneur and Inventor of Robotic Technologies and Artificial Intelligence for Industry, Health Care and Education; Co-Founder and Board Director, Zyrobotics; Dean, College of Engineering, The Ohio State University; 2024 Forbes 50 Over 50: Innovation; Bestselling Author, โ€œSex, Race and Robotsโ€

Robotics & Automation / Artificial Intelligence / Emerging Technology / STEAM / Futurists / Health Care & Medicine / Innovation & Design / Space Exploration & Interplanetary Life / Education & Lifelong Learning / Future of Work / Inclusion & Belonging / Trust & Empathy / Entrepreneurial Thinking & Investment Strategies / Founders & Practitioners / Women Speakers & Advisors / TED Speakers

Global Authority on Leading Innovation and Navigating Change by Harnessing the Power of AI-Accelerated Inquiry to Creatively Solve Problems; Digital Fellow, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy; Senior Lecturer in Leadership and Innovation, MIT Sloan School of Management; Co-Founder, The Innovatorโ€™s DNA; Award-Winning Author, โ€œQuestions Are the Answerโ€ (2018); Co-Author, โ€œThe Innovatorโ€™s DNAโ€ (Updated 2019); Named Among the Top 50 Management Thinkers in the World since 2015, Thinkers50

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Nathan Furr

Foremost Expert on Leadership and Managing Uncertainty Using Frameworks That Build Resilience, Uncover New Possibilities, and Strategically Adapt to Change; Recognized Authority on Technology Strategy, AI Transformation and Disruptive Innovation; Co-Author of Five Books on Innovation Including โ€œInnovation Capitalโ€ (2019) and โ€œThe Upside of Uncertaintyโ€ (2022); Professor of Strategy, INSEAD

Navigating Uncertainty / Innovation & Design / Artificial Intelligence / Digital Transformation, IT & Data Analytics / Resilience / Company Culture / Leadership / Strategy / Emerging Technology / Business Model Innovation / Platform Revolution / Entrepreneurial Thinking & Investment Strategies / International Speakers & Advisors / Moderators / Executive Education / Must-Read Books
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Expert on Strategically Designing Innovative Business Models, Corporate Cultures and Leadership Styles; Co-Author, โ€œThe Innovatorโ€™s DNA,โ€ โ€œThe Innovatorโ€™s Methodโ€ and โ€œInnovation Capitalโ€ (2019); Distinguished Professor of Strategy, Brigham Young University

Innovation & Design / Company Culture / Leadership / Human Resource Management & Talent Development / Strategy / Persuasion & Negotiation / Future of Work / Must-Read Books / Founders & Practitioners / Entrepreneurial Thinking & Investment Strategies
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Cellular Agriculture Pioneer; Executive Director, New Harvest; Co-Founder, Perfect Day (formerly Muufri) and Clara Foods

Bioengineering, Genetics & Cellular Agriculture / STEAM / Emerging Technology / Sustainability, the Environment & Climate Change / Futurists / Entrepreneurial Thinking & Investment Strategies / TED Speakers / Women Speakers & Advisors / Founders & Practitioners

Pioneering Bioscientist and Innovator; Expert on Leading Teams Where Few Rules or Precedents Exist; Neuroengineer Focused on Mapping the Brain to Cure Mental Illness and Neurological Disorders; Professor, MIT McGovern Institute for Brain Research and Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Co-Director, K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics; Co-Founder, Cognito Therapeutics

Entrepreneurial Thinking & Investment Strategies / Health Care & Medicine / Innovation & Design / Bioengineering, Genetics & Cellular Agriculture / TED Speakers / Longevity & Aging / Founders & Practitioners / Neuroscience
David Bell

Digital Marketing and E-Commerce Pioneer Who Helps Businesses Create Effective Go-To-Market Strategies for Todayโ€™s Online/Offline and Omnichannel World; Expert on Consumer Behavior and the Future of Retail; Disruptive Startup Mentor and Investor; Bestselling Author, โ€œLocation Is (Still) Everythingโ€; Co-Founder, Idea Farm Ventures

Marketing, Branding & Sales / Digital Transformation, IT & Data Analytics / Customer Experience & Consumer Behavior / Strategy / Emerging Technology / Entrepreneurial Thinking & Investment Strategies / Communication Strategy / Founders & Practitioners / Must-Read Books
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Global Authority on Business Analytics and How Information Spreads Through Social Networks; MIT Professor of Management, Marketing, IT and Data Science; Award-Winning Scientist, Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist; Director, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and MIT Social Analytics Lab; Founding Partner, Manifest Capital; Award-Winning Author, โ€œThe Hype Machineโ€ (2020); Winner, Thinkers50 2021 Digital Thinking Award and Named Among the Top 50 Management Thinkers in the World in 2023 and 2021

Emerging Technology / Marketing, Branding & Sales / Artificial Intelligence / Social Media Marketing & Business Analytics / Digital Transformation, IT & Data Analytics / Quantum Computing / Customer Experience & Consumer Behavior / Entrepreneurial Thinking & Investment Strategies / Policy & Government / Strategy / TED Speakers / Must-Read Books
BETH ALTRINGER

Award-Winning Designer and Expert on Combining Design, Technology and Behavioral Science to Create Innovative Products, Services and Experiences; Unrivaled Authority on Innovation Leadership, Product Desirability and Outside-the-Box Design Thinking; Founder, The Desirability Lab; Principal, Ames Studio; Professor of Practice and Executive Director, Joint Master of Arts in Design Engineering (MADE) Program, Brown University and RISD

Entrepreneurial Thinking & Investment Strategies / Innovation & Design / Marketing, Branding & Sales / Customer Experience & Consumer Behavior / Strategy / Emerging Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Future of Work / Robotics & Automation / Purpose / Women Speakers & Advisors