{"id":2,"date":"2021-05-24T15:05:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T14:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.speakers.co.uk\/microsites\/trip-hawkins\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2021-06-02T15:37:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T14:37:46","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.speakers.co.uk\/microsites\/trip-hawkins\/","title":{"rendered":"About Trip Hawkins"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; 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<\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h2 class=\"ns-heading-el\">Trip Hawkins<\/h2><p  ><span>Hall of Fame Game Industry Leader, Founder of<br> Electronic Arts &amp; Former Apple Executive<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!--\/container--><div class=\"video-texture \"> <span class=\"ie-fix\"><\/span> <\/div><\/div> <!--\/swiper-slide--><div class=\"swiper-slide\" data-desktop-content-width=\"auto\" data-tablet-content-width=\"auto\" data-bg-alignment=\"center\" data-color-scheme=\"light\" data-x-pos=\"left\" data-y-pos=\"middle\" ><div class=\"slide-bg-wrap\"><div class=\"image-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.speakers.co.uk\/microsites\/trip-hawkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/triphawkinshero2.jpg);\"> &nbsp; <\/div><\/div><div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p  ><span>\"You have to be doing something very different<br> from what everybody else is doing.\"<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!--\/container--><div class=\"video-texture \"> <span class=\"ie-fix\"><\/span> <\/div><\/div> <!--\/swiper-slide--><\/div><div class=\"container normal-container slider-pagination-wrap\"><div class=\"slider-pagination\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"nectar-slider-loading \"> <span class=\"loading-icon none\">   <\/span> <\/div> <\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_background&#8221; 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