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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. (94 cards)

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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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Who is:

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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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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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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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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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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  • 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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  • 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
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
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.
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
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)
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
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
Paul Graham
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# Who is described below: * Managing Director, NYC Seed * Co-Founder, Sonata and Petal Computing
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.
Kai Fu Li
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# Who is described below: * Founder & CEO, Oracle * Third wealthiest American, worth about $33 billion (as of 2011)
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
Tim Berners-Lee
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# Who is described below: * CEO, Zappos * Co-Founder, Link Exchange (sold to Microsoft for $265m in 1998)
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"
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
Ashton Kutcher
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# 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
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
Reid Hoffman
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# Who is: Eric Ries
* Pioneer of the "Lean Startup" movement * Author, "The Lean Startup" * Co-Founder, IMVU
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# Who is: Jim Clark
* Founder, Silicon Graphics * Co-Founder, Netscape * Co-Founder, Healtheon. Co-Founder, MyCFO
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# Who is: Jeff Bezos
* Founder, Amazon.com * Angel investor in 37signals, Google, Linden Lab, Social Gaming Network, Twitter
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# Who is: Mark Zuckerberg
* Founder, Facebook * World's youngest billionaire
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# Who is: Guy Kawasaki
* 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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# Who is: Larry Page / Sergey Brin
* Co-Founders, Google * (Page became CEO in 2011.)
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# Who is: Dave McClure
* Founder of business accelerator 500 Startups * Director of Marketing at Simply Hired * Director of Marketing at PayPal.
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# Who is: Andrew Mason
* Founder & CEO of Groupon * Founder, The Point
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# Who is: David Cohen
* Co-Founder & CEO of TechStars * Co-author, "Do More Faster" * Founder, Pinpoint Technologies and EarFeeder
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# Who is: Fred Wilson
* 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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# Who is: Jeff Clavier
* Founder, Managing Partner, SoftTech VC * Angel investor in bit.ly, Circle of Moms, DNAnexus, Mint.com
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# Who is: Mark Suster
* Partner, GRP Partners * Prominent startup blogger, Both Sides of the Table * Founder, Koral (sold to Salesforce.com)
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# Who is: Kevin Rose
* Founder, Digg * Angel investor in Twitter, 3Crowd Technologies, Foursquare, SimpleGeo
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# Who is: David Rose
* Founder, Rose Tech Ventures * Founder, AngelSoft (Gust) and New York Angels * Early pioneer in NYC tech startup scene in 1980s
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# Who is: Ron Conway
* 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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# Who is: Michael Arrington
* Founder, Tech Crunch * Founding Partner, Crunch Fund * Former serial entrepreneur & startup lawyer.
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# Who is: Marc Benioff
* Founder & CEO, Salesforce.com * Angel investor in Mashery, Qik, Tapulous, Zuora
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# Who is: Chris Sacca
* Managing Director, Lowercase Capital * Investor in bit.ly, FanBridge, Gowalla, Posterous, SimpleGeo, Twitter. * Former Google exec
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# Who is: Evan Williams
* Co-Founder & former CEO, Twitter * Co-Founder, Blogger (bought by Google in 2003)
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# Who is: Elon Musk
* Co-Founder, PayPal * Co-Founder & CEO, SpaceX * Co-Founder & CEO, Tesla Motors
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# Who is: Peter Thiel
* Co-Founder, PayPal * Founder, Clarium Capital Management * Investor in Facebook, Friendster, LinkedIn, Yelp, Zynga
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# Who is: Bill Gates
* Founder & Chairman, Microsoft * Founder, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation * Once the world's wealthiest person
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# Who is: Reed Hastings
* Founder & CEO, Netflix * Founder, Pure Software
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# Who is: Naval Ravikant & Babak Nivi
* Co-Founders, AngelList * Co-Founders, Venture Hacks
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# Who is: Pete Cashmore
* 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
* 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
* General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners * Author, "Mastering the VC Game" and blogger, "Seeing Both Sides" * Founder, Upromise (acquired by Sallie Mae)
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# Who is described below: * Pioneer of the "Lean Startup" movement * Author, "The Lean Startup" * Co-Founder, IMVU
Eric Ries
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# Who is described below: * Founder, Silicon Graphics * Co-Founder, Netscape * Co-Founder, Healtheon. Co-Founder, MyCFO
Jim Clark
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# Who is described below: * Founder, Amazon.com * Angel investor in 37signals, Google, Linden Lab, Social Gaming Network, Twitter
Jeff Bezos
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# Who is described below: * Founder, Facebook * World's youngest billionaire
Mark Zuckerberg
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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
Guy Kawasaki
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# Who is described below: * Co-Founders, Google * (Page became CEO in 2011.)
Larry Page / Sergey Brin
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# Who is described below: * Founder of business accelerator 500 Startups * Director of Marketing at Simply Hired * Director of Marketing at PayPal.
Dave McClure
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# Who is described below: * Founder & CEO of Groupon * Founder, The Point
Andrew Mason
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# Who is described below: * Co-Founder & CEO of TechStars * Co-author, "Do More Faster" * Founder, Pinpoint Technologies and EarFeeder
David Cohen
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# 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)
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
Jeff Clavier
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# Who is described below: * Partner, GRP Partners * Prominent startup blogger, Both Sides of the Table * Founder, Koral (sold to Salesforce.com)
Mark Suster
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# Who is described below: * Founder, Digg * Angel investor in Twitter, 3Crowd Technologies, Foursquare, SimpleGeo
Kevin Rose
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# Who is described below: * Founder, Rose Tech Ventures * Founder, AngelSoft (Gust) and New York Angels * Early pioneer in NYC tech startup scene in 1980s
David Rose
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# 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
Ron Conway
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# Who is described below: * Founder, Tech Crunch * Founding Partner, Crunch Fund * Former serial entrepreneur & startup lawyer.
Michael Arrington
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# Who is described below: * Founder & CEO, Salesforce.com * Angel investor in Mashery, Qik, Tapulous, Zuora
Marc Benioff
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# Who is described below: * Managing Director, Lowercase Capital * Investor in bit.ly, FanBridge, Gowalla, Posterous, SimpleGeo, Twitter. * Former Google exec
Chris Sacca
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# Who is described below: * Co-Founder & former CEO, Twitter * Co-Founder, Blogger (bought by Google in 2003)
Evan Williams
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# Who is described below: * Co-Founder, PayPal * Co-Founder & CEO, SpaceX * Co-Founder & CEO, Tesla Motors
Elon Musk
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# Who is described below: * Co-Founder, PayPal * Founder, Clarium Capital Management * Investor in Facebook, Friendster, LinkedIn, Yelp, Zynga
Peter Thiel
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# Who is described below: * Founder & Chairman, Microsoft * Founder, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation * Once the world's wealthiest person
Bill Gates
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# Who is described below: * Founder & CEO, Netflix * Founder, Pure Software
Reed Hastings
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# Who is described below: * Co-Founders, AngelList * Co-Founders, Venture Hacks
Naval Ravikant & Babak Nivi
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# Who is described below: * Founder & CEO of Mashable (a top tech blog) * Considered the most influential Briton on the web (by INQ magazine)
Pete Cashmore
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# 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)
Chris Dixon
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# 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)
Jeff Bussgang
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