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<P STYLE="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; box-shadow: none; border: none; color: #555555; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background: 0px 0px;">Daniel Gulati -Entrepreneur in Residence/Investor, Comcast Ventures
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<P STYLE="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; box-shadow: none; border: none; color: #555555; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background: 0px 0px;">David Freschman -CEO, Founder and Chairman | Fashion Investment, FashInvest LLC
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<P STYLE="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; box-shadow: none; border: none; color: #555555; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background: 0px 0px;">Matthew Iles - Co-Founder, Tycoon
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<P STYLE="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; box-shadow: none; border: none; color: #555555; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background: 0px 0px;">Katie Iles - Co-Founder, Tycoon
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<P STYLE="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; box-shadow: none; border: none; color: #555555; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background: 0px 0px;">Liza is writing a book about the future of commerce (The Third Wave of Commerce: How We Buy Now, O'Reilly, 2014), and speaks frequently about the future of fashion and the future of commerce. She also serves as cofounder of Lacquerous, a nail polish rental startup, and as advisor to a number of fashion tech startups.