Thank you to everyone who joined us for the fifth annual WIRED Business
Conference.
Catch the Highlights on Wired.com
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Jill Abramson
Executive Editor, The New York Times
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Neil Blumenthal
Cofounder & Co-CEO, Warby Parker
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Po Bronson
Coauthor, Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing
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Ethan Brown
Founder & CEO, Beyond Meat
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Tory Burch
CEO & Designer, Tory Burch
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Eric Hunsader
Founder & CEO, Nanex
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Paul Jacobs
Chairman & CEO, Qualcomm
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Julie Larson- Green
Corporate VP for Windows, Microsoft
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Marissa Mayer
President & CEO, Yahoo!
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Ashley Merryman
Coauthor, Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing
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Jonah Peretti
Founder & CEO, BuzzFeed
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Platon
Award-Winning Photographer
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Clive Thompson
Author, Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better
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Evan Williams
Cofounder, Medium & Twitter
The future is roaring back to life. Markets, industries, innovation—all are rebounding from one of the worst recessions in history. But the optimism is cautious. We know we are not invincible. We know things need fixing. Now is not the time for small advances and gradual improvements.
Now is the time for big ideas—ideas that can change the world.
Such breakthroughs rarely happen incrementally. They come all at once, often from the least likely places. They are the very definition of disruptive innovation. It takes vision to see them, to participate in them, to harness their potential. It requires a willingness to blow up established products, markets, and companies.
This year’s WIRED Business Conference is about hunting big game. It’s about sparking revolutionary change. It’s about people who are trying to reinvent the building blocks of business and culture. Luckily, new technologies are making this easier than ever. From major corporations to driven individuals, anyone can make a huge difference. Come see how people with wild ambition—and the tenacity to back it up— are changing everything. It’s a day guaranteed to make you think bigger.