Tech People You Should Know Flashcards

Do you know who Reid Hoffman is? What about Marc Andreesen? You should. This deck will help you memorize the peeps you should know.

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Who is:

Steve Jobs

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  • Co-Founder & CEO, Apple
  • CEO, Pixar
  • Founder, NeXT
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Jack Dorsey

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  • Creator & CEO, Twitter
  • (Spun Twitter off from Obvious Corp. in 2007, with Evan Williams & Biz Stone.)
  • Founder & CEO, Square
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Keith Rabois

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  • COO, Square
  • Angel investor in LinkedIn, YouTube, and Yelp
  • Former exec at PayPal and LinkedIn
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Mark Pincus

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  • Co-Founder & CEO, Zynga
  • Founder, Freeloader, SupportSoft, Tribe Networks
  • Former venture capitalist
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Drew Houston

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  • Founder & CEO, Dropbox
  • (Started at MIT, funded by Y Combinator)
  • Previous work at Bit9, Accolade and Hubspot
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Who is:

Eric Schmidt

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  • Long-time CEO of Google
  • Former CEO of Novell, and Apple board member
  • Angel investor in Citizen Effect, CX, iShake, PublishOne, Sendmail
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Who is:

Marc Andreessen

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  • Founding Partner, Andreessen-Horowitz (VC firm)
  • Investor in Business Insider, Digg, LinkedIn, Qik, Scribd, Twitter
  • Co-founder, Netscape.
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Sheryl Sandberg

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  • COO, Facebook
  • VP of Global Online Sales at Google
  • Chief of staff for the United States Department of the Treasury
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Who is:

Jason Fried

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  • Founder of 37 Signals (a well-known web application development company that created Ruby on Rails)
  • Pioneer in agile development movement
  • Co-author of “Re-Work” (with David Heinemeier Hansson, the original Rails developer)
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Steve Case

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  • Co-Founder & former CEO, America Online (AOL)
  • Founder, Revolution (an investment fund)
  • Chairman, Startup America Partnership
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Paul Graham

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  • Co-Founder, Y Combinator
  • Investments include Bump Technologies, FanChatter, Heyzap, Justin.tv, Scribd, Reddit, Loopt
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Owen Davis

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  • Managing Director, NYC Seed
  • Co-Founder, Sonata and Petal Computing
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Who is:

Kai Fu Li

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  • Founder, Innovation Works (China’s top startup accelerator)
  • Founding president of Google China
  • Previously an exec at Microsoft, Silicon Graphics, and Apple.
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Larry Ellison

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  • Founder & CEO, Oracle
  • Third wealthiest American, worth about $33 billion (as of 2011)
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Tim Berners-Lee

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  • Inventor, World Wide Web
  • (Created first communication between an HTTP client & server)
  • Director, World Wide Web Consortium
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Tony Hsieh

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  • CEO, Zappos
  • Co-Founder, Link Exchange (sold to Microsoft for $265m in 1998)
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Brad Feld

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  • Co-Founder, Foundry Group (VC)
  • Co-Founder & CEO of TechStars
  • Co-author, “Venture Deals” and “Do More Faster”
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Ashton Kutcher

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  • Investor in Foursquare, AirBnB, Path, Flipboard, Skype, and others
  • Many still-undisclosed startup investments
  • Also a prominent actor, model, and early adopter of Twitter @aplusk
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Tom Anderson

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  • Founder, MySpace (with co-founder Chris DeWolfe)
  • Often referred to as “MySpace Tom”, as he was listed as the “default friend” for all new MySpace users
  • Sold MySpace to NewsCorp for $580m in 2005
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Who is:

Reid Hoffman

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  • Co-Founder & CEO, LinkedIn
  • VC at Greylock Partners
  • Angel investor in Digg, Facebook, Flickr, Friendster, Ning, Zynga, Last.fm
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Who is described below:

  • Co-Founder & CEO, Apple
  • CEO, Pixar
  • Founder, NeXT
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Steve Jobs

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Who is described below:

  • Creator & CEO, Twitter
  • (Spun Twitter off from Obvious Corp. in 2007, with Evan Williams & Biz Stone.)
  • Founder & CEO, Square
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Jack Dorsey

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Who is described below:

  • COO, Square
  • Angel investor in LinkedIn, YouTube, and Yelp
  • Former exec at PayPal and LinkedIn
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Keith Rabois

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Who is described below:

  • Co-Founder & CEO, Zynga
  • Founder, Freeloader, SupportSoft, Tribe Networks
  • Former venture capitalist
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Mark Pincus

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Who is described below:

  • Founder & CEO, Dropbox
  • (Started at MIT, funded by Y Combinator)
  • Previous work at Bit9, Accolade and Hubspot
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Drew Houston

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Who is described below:

  • Long-time CEO of Google
  • Former CEO of Novell, and Apple board member
  • Angel investor in Citizen Effect, CX, iShake, PublishOne, Sendmail
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Eric Schmidt

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Who is described below:

  • Founding Partner, Andreessen-Horowitz (VC firm)
  • Investor in Business Insider, Digg, LinkedIn, Qik, Scribd, Twitter
  • Co-founder, Netscape.
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Marc Andreessen

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Who is described below:

  • COO, Facebook
  • VP of Global Online Sales at Google
  • Chief of staff for the United States Department of the Treasury
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Sheryl Sandberg

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Who is described below:

  • Founder of 37 Signals (a well-known web application development company that created Ruby on Rails)
  • Pioneer in agile development movement
  • Co-author of “Re-Work” (with David Heinemeier Hansson, the original Rails developer)
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Jason Fried

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Who is described below:

  • Co-Founder & former CEO, America Online (AOL)
  • Founder, Revolution (an investment fund)
  • Chairman, Startup America Partnership
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Steve Case

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Who is described below:

  • Co-Founder, Y Combinator
  • Investments include Bump Technologies, FanChatter, Heyzap, Justin.tv, Scribd, Reddit, Loopt
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Paul Graham

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Who is described below:

  • Managing Director, NYC Seed
  • Co-Founder, Sonata and Petal Computing
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Owen Davis

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Who is described below:

  • Founder, Innovation Works (China’s top startup accelerator)
  • Founding president of Google China
  • Previously an exec at Microsoft, Silicon Graphics, and Apple.
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Kai Fu Li

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Who is described below:

  • Founder & CEO, Oracle
  • Third wealthiest American, worth about $33 billion (as of 2011)
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Larry Ellison

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Who is described below:

  • Inventor, World Wide Web
  • (Created first communication between an HTTP client & server)
  • Director, World Wide Web Consortium
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Tim Berners-Lee

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Who is described below:

  • CEO, Zappos
  • Co-Founder, Link Exchange (sold to Microsoft for $265m in 1998)
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Tony Hsieh

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Who is described below:

  • Co-Founder, Foundry Group (VC)
  • Co-Founder & CEO of TechStars
  • Co-author, “Venture Deals” and “Do More Faster”
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Brad Feld

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Who is described below:

  • Investor in Foursquare, AirBnB, Path, Flipboard, Skype, and others
  • Many still-undisclosed startup investments
  • Also a prominent actor, model, and early adopter of Twitter @aplusk
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Ashton Kutcher

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Q

Who is described below:

  • Founder, MySpace (with co-founder Chris DeWolfe)
  • Often referred to as “MySpace Tom”, as he was listed as the “default friend” for all new MySpace users
  • Sold MySpace to NewsCorp for $580m in 2005
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Tom Anderson

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Who is described below:

  • Co-Founder & CEO, LinkedIn
  • VC at Greylock Partners
  • Angel investor in Digg, Facebook, Flickr, Friendster, Ning, Zynga, Last.fm
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Reid Hoffman

41
Q

Who is:

Eric Ries

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  • Pioneer of the “Lean Startup” movement
  • Author, “The Lean Startup”
  • Co-Founder, IMVU
42
Q

Who is:

Jim Clark

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  • Founder, Silicon Graphics
  • Co-Founder, Netscape
  • Co-Founder, Healtheon. Co-Founder, MyCFO
43
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Who is:

Jeff Bezos

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  • Founder, Amazon.com
  • Angel investor in 37signals, Google, Linden Lab, Social Gaming Network, Twitter
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Who is:

Mark Zuckerberg

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  • Founder, Facebook
  • World’s youngest billionaire
45
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Who is:

Guy Kawasaki

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  • Director, Garage Technology Ventures
  • Prominent tech blogger, serial entrepreneur, & angel investor
  • Original evangelist of the Macintosh at Apple in 1983-87
46
Q

Who is:

Larry Page / Sergey Brin

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  • Co-Founders, Google
  • (Page became CEO in 2011.)
47
Q

Who is:

Dave McClure

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  • Founder of business accelerator 500 Startups
  • Director of Marketing at Simply Hired
  • Director of Marketing at PayPal.
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Q

Who is:

Andrew Mason

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  • Founder & CEO of Groupon
  • Founder, The Point
49
Q

Who is:

David Cohen

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  • Co-Founder & CEO of TechStars
  • Co-author, “Do More Faster”
  • Founder, Pinpoint Technologies and EarFeeder
50
Q

Who is:

Fred Wilson

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  • Founding partner, Union Square Ventures
  • Notable early investments in Twitter, Foursquare, Zynga, Meetup, Etsy, and Tumblr
  • Prominent blogger at aVC.com. Founding partner of Flatiron Partners (1996-2001)
51
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Who is:

Jeff Clavier

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  • Founder, Managing Partner, SoftTech VC
  • Angel investor in bit.ly, Circle of Moms, DNAnexus, Mint.com
52
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Who is:

Mark Suster

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  • Partner, GRP Partners
  • Prominent startup blogger, Both Sides of the Table
  • Founder, Koral (sold to Salesforce.com)
53
Q

Who is:

Kevin Rose

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  • Founder, Digg
  • Angel investor in Twitter, 3Crowd Technologies, Foursquare, SimpleGeo
54
Q

Who is:

David Rose

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  • Founder, Rose Tech Ventures
  • Founder, AngelSoft (Gust) and New York Angels
  • Early pioneer in NYC tech startup scene in 1980s
55
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Who is:

Ron Conway

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  • Founding partner, SV Angel
  • Considered the “father of modern Silicon Valley angel investing
  • Notable early investments in Google, Facebook, bit.ly, Digg, Mint.com, Twitter, PayPal
56
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Who is:

Michael Arrington

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  • Founder, Tech Crunch
  • Founding Partner, Crunch Fund
  • Former serial entrepreneur & startup lawyer.
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Who is:

Marc Benioff

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  • Founder & CEO, Salesforce.com
  • Angel investor in Mashery, Qik, Tapulous, Zuora
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Who is:

Chris Sacca

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  • Managing Director, Lowercase Capital
  • Investor in bit.ly, FanBridge, Gowalla, Posterous, SimpleGeo, Twitter.
  • Former Google exec
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Who is:

Evan Williams

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  • Co-Founder & former CEO, Twitter
  • Co-Founder, Blogger (bought by Google in 2003)
60
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Who is:

Elon Musk

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  • Co-Founder, PayPal
  • Co-Founder & CEO, SpaceX
  • Co-Founder & CEO, Tesla Motors
61
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Who is:

Peter Thiel

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  • Co-Founder, PayPal
  • Founder, Clarium Capital Management
  • Investor in Facebook, Friendster, LinkedIn, Yelp, Zynga
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Who is:

Bill Gates

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  • Founder & Chairman, Microsoft
  • Founder, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Once the world’s wealthiest person
63
Q

Who is:

Reed Hastings

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  • Founder & CEO, Netflix
  • Founder, Pure Software
64
Q

Who is:

Naval Ravikant & Babak Nivi

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  • Co-Founders, AngelList
  • Co-Founders, Venture Hacks
65
Q

Who is:

Pete Cashmore

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  • Founder & CEO of Mashable (a top tech blog)
  • Considered the most influential Briton on the web (by INQ magazine)
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Who is:

Chris Dixon

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  • Partner, Founders Collective (a micro-VC)
  • Angel investor in Skype, Postini, Milo.com, Knewton, DailyBooth.
  • Founder, Site Advisor (acquired by McAfee in 2006)
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Who is:

Jeff Bussgang

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  • General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
  • Author, “Mastering the VC Game” and blogger, “Seeing Both Sides”
  • Founder, Upromise (acquired by Sallie Mae)
68
Q

Who is described below:

  • Pioneer of the “Lean Startup” movement
  • Author, “The Lean Startup”
  • Co-Founder, IMVU
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Eric Ries

69
Q

Who is described below:

  • Founder, Silicon Graphics
  • Co-Founder, Netscape
  • Co-Founder, Healtheon. Co-Founder, MyCFO
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Jim Clark

70
Q

Who is described below:

  • Founder, Amazon.com
  • Angel investor in 37signals, Google, Linden Lab, Social Gaming Network, Twitter
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Jeff Bezos

71
Q

Who is described below:

  • Founder, Facebook
  • World’s youngest billionaire
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Mark Zuckerberg

72
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Who is described below:

  • Director, Garage Technology Ventures
  • Prominent tech blogger, serial entrepreneur, & angel investor
  • Original evangelist of the Macintosh at Apple in 1983-87
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Guy Kawasaki

73
Q

Who is described below:

  • Co-Founders, Google
  • (Page became CEO in 2011.)
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Larry Page / Sergey Brin

74
Q

Who is described below:

  • Founder of business accelerator 500 Startups
  • Director of Marketing at Simply Hired
  • Director of Marketing at PayPal.
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Dave McClure

75
Q

Who is described below:

  • Founder & CEO of Groupon
  • Founder, The Point
A

Andrew Mason

76
Q

Who is described below:

  • Co-Founder & CEO of TechStars
  • Co-author, “Do More Faster”
  • Founder, Pinpoint Technologies and EarFeeder
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David Cohen

77
Q

Who is described below:

  • Founding partner, Union Square Ventures
  • Notable early investments in Twitter, Foursquare, Zynga, Meetup, Etsy, and Tumblr
  • Prominent blogger at aVC.com. Founding partner of Flatiron Partners (1996-2001)
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Fred Wilson

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Who is described below:

  • Founder, Managing Partner, SoftTech VC
  • Angel investor in bit.ly, Circle of Moms, DNAnexus, Mint.com
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Jeff Clavier

79
Q

Who is described below:

  • Partner, GRP Partners
  • Prominent startup blogger, Both Sides of the Table
  • Founder, Koral (sold to Salesforce.com)
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Mark Suster

80
Q

Who is described below:

  • Founder, Digg
  • Angel investor in Twitter, 3Crowd Technologies, Foursquare, SimpleGeo
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Kevin Rose

81
Q

Who is described below:

  • Founder, Rose Tech Ventures
  • Founder, AngelSoft (Gust) and New York Angels
  • Early pioneer in NYC tech startup scene in 1980s
A

David Rose

82
Q

Who is described below:

  • Founding partner, SV Angel
  • Considered the “father of modern Silicon Valley angel investing
  • Notable early investments in Google, Facebook, bit.ly, Digg, Mint.com, Twitter, PayPal
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Ron Conway

83
Q

Who is described below:

  • Founder, Tech Crunch
  • Founding Partner, Crunch Fund
  • Former serial entrepreneur & startup lawyer.
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Michael Arrington

84
Q

Who is described below:

  • Founder & CEO, Salesforce.com
  • Angel investor in Mashery, Qik, Tapulous, Zuora
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Marc Benioff

85
Q

Who is described below:

  • Managing Director, Lowercase Capital
  • Investor in bit.ly, FanBridge, Gowalla, Posterous, SimpleGeo, Twitter.
  • Former Google exec
A

Chris Sacca

86
Q

Who is described below:

  • Co-Founder & former CEO, Twitter
  • Co-Founder, Blogger (bought by Google in 2003)
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Evan Williams

87
Q

Who is described below:

  • Co-Founder, PayPal
  • Co-Founder & CEO, SpaceX
  • Co-Founder & CEO, Tesla Motors
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Elon Musk

88
Q

Who is described below:

  • Co-Founder, PayPal
  • Founder, Clarium Capital Management
  • Investor in Facebook, Friendster, LinkedIn, Yelp, Zynga
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Peter Thiel

89
Q

Who is described below:

  • Founder & Chairman, Microsoft
  • Founder, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Once the world’s wealthiest person
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Bill Gates

90
Q

Who is described below:

  • Founder & CEO, Netflix
  • Founder, Pure Software
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Reed Hastings

91
Q

Who is described below:

  • Co-Founders, AngelList
  • Co-Founders, Venture Hacks
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Naval Ravikant & Babak Nivi

92
Q

Who is described below:

  • Founder & CEO of Mashable (a top tech blog)
  • Considered the most influential Briton on the web (by INQ magazine)
A

Pete Cashmore

93
Q

Who is described below:

  • Partner, Founders Collective (a micro-VC)
  • Angel investor in Skype, Postini, Milo.com, Knewton, DailyBooth.
  • Founder, Site Advisor (acquired by McAfee in 2006)
A

Chris Dixon

94
Q

Who is described below:

  • General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
  • Author, “Mastering the VC Game” and blogger, “Seeing Both Sides”
  • Founder, Upromise (acquired by Sallie Mae)
A

Jeff Bussgang