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CAE’s strategic objectives, policy agenda, and activities are overseen by a highly distinguished Advisory Council and a geographically diverse Board of Directors comprised of active entrepreneurs, startup investors, and experts who work with and mentor startup founders. CAE’s research efforts are augmented by the input of a Research Council comprised of some of the world’s most accomplished entrepreneurship scholars..