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Mark Penn to Headline Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Startup World Cup Regional
Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs (HAE) announced today that Mark Penn, Harvard alumnus, renowned strategist, author of Microtrends, and Chairman & CEO of Stagwell, will headline a Fireside Chat at the HAE Startup World Cup Regional on September 12 at Harvard Medical School. The conversation will be moderated by his classmate, Bill Reichert, Partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures.
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