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Founder and editor of The Executive Summary, the three-times-a-week CEO newsletter read by over 1,000 chief executives. Previously a journalist for the Financial Times covering technology and enterprise. Founded Greenbang (50,000 readers, quoted by the United Nations and European Commission) and was founding editor of CoinDesk, which grew to one million readers in six months. Now writes about growth, AI strategy, board governance, enterprise sales and CEO leadership.

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