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Vanessa O'Connell is the co-author of Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever. This is a non-fiction book that was co-written with Reed Albergotti and is going to be published by Gotham Books in October 2013.

As the entrepreneurship editor of The Wall Street Journal, Vanessa created The Accelerators and co-founded “WSJ Startup of the Year,” sponsored by more than 40 successful global business leaders and entertainers including Sir Richard Branson, Carly Fiorina, and will.i.am.

She is also moderator of "How I Built It," a series of entrepreneurial events in major cities.