Vanessa O'Connell

Vanessa O'Connell is the co-author of Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever. This non-fiction book co-written with Reed Albergotti will be published by Gotham Books October 15, 2013.
O'Connell has written numerous articles as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal.
She is the entrepreneurship editor of The Wall Street Journal, and the creator of The Accelerators, a blog on startups. O'Connell is part of a small team of Journal editors who launched “WSJ Startup of the Year,” a 2013 documentary featuring more than 40 successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, 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 WSJ panels featuring notable American entrepreneurs in major U.S. cities.