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Jared Hecht
Fundera
Co-founder and CEO
Finance
Twitter profile:
@fundera co-founder. formerly@groupme and @tumblr.
The 7 Stages of Starting a Business, as Illustrated by GIFs https://t.co/ihZmJ7mDrH
— Jared Hecht (@jaredhecht) October 5, 2015
Charlie O'Donnell
Brooklyn Bridge Ventures
Founder and Partner
Venture Capital
Twitter profile:
I'm an ordinary guy with nothing to lose. VC at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures. These are my initials, btw. Mets fan, triathlete, softball, kayaker. Brooklynbridge.vc
Whenever you ask for a reference for someone and the response is "Call me" that's really all the reference you ever need.
— Charlie O'Donnell (@ceonyc) October 2, 2015
Rafat Ali
Skift
Founder and CEO
Media
Twitter profile:
CEO/Founder, Skift (@skift). Founder, paidContent. New Yorker. Global Soul. Travel pics: https://500px.com/rafat . Blog: https://rafat.org
So there are people who build media companies for valuation, other build media brands for value. Understand the difference.
— Rafat Ali (@rafat) October 2, 2015
Rachel Haot
NY State
Chief Development Officer
Government
Twitter profile:
Former CDO for mayor bloomberg. Now CDO for NY State governor Cuomo
Tremendous potential at intersection of tech and government. https://t.co/Ye3U8RMDti
— Rachel Haot (@rachelhaot) September 25, 2015
Gary Vaynerchuk
Winelibrary, Vaynermedia
Founder CEO
Digital Agency
Twitter profile:
Family 1st! but after that, Businessman. CEO of @vaynermedia. Host of #AskGaryVee show and a dude who Loves the Hustle, @Winelibrary & the @NYJets
6 MINS FOR THE NEXT 60 YEARS OF YOUR LIFE - A RANT https://t.co/UcZkUwmFOt
— Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) October 6, 2015
Scott Belsky
Behance
VP Adobe
Publishing
Twitter profile:
Leading @Behance to connect and empower the creative world; Publisher of @99U; VP Products & Community @Adobe; Author of Making Ideas Happen; Investor/Advisor
"The few times I got off track were when I started to think there was THE way, THE process." -@bazluhrmann There's no right playbook.
— Scott Belsky (@scottbelsky) October 6, 2015
Jessica Lawrence
NY Tech Meetup
Executive Director
Networking
Twitter profile:
Executive Director of @NYTM, Co-Organizer @workrev, writer, speaker, Seth Godin FeMBA grad. Tweets are my own.
Innovation begins with personal disruption - Whitney Johnson #DisruptYourself! https://t.co/3yEqJpIuBq https://t.co/tqNfzI8N6a
— Jessica Lawrence (@jessicalawrence) October 5, 2015
Brian O'Kelley
AppNexus
CEO
Advertising
Twitter profile:
Tweeting about the best offerings in the world of adtech.
"So there are people who build media companies for valuation, other build media brands for value. Understand the difference."
We need talent, we need it now, and we simply cannot find enough. #CS4All @billdeblasio https://t.co/RgUOfde1fv
— Brian O'Kelley (@bokelley) September 17, 2015
Rex Sorgatz
Kinda Sorta Media
Twitter profile:
Media collector, product strategist, creative technologist, culture hacker, writer, designer, advisor, and consultant. [email protected]
Man, you gotta admit, it takes a lot of guts to SELL and ad blocker.
— Rex Sorgatz (@fimoculous) September 17, 2015
Bre Pettis
Bold Machines
Founder and CEO
Maker
Twitter profile:
Former CEO and co-founder of Makerbot.
My vote for president will go to the candidate who is most likely to increase the R&D budget.
— bre (@bre) September 26, 2015
Fred Wilson
Union Square Ventures
Partner
Venture Capital
Twitter profile:
I am a VC.
I don’t know how much a piece of content will be worth to me, so I am not willing to pay for it until I have read it https://t.co/ic0i1bLYOq
— Fred Wilson (@fredwilson) September 18, 2015
Tina Roth Eisenberg
Tattly, Creative Mornings
Partner
E-commerce
Twitter profile:
I believe in labors of love. Mine are @creativemorning, @tattly, @teuxdeux, @friendsworkhere. Here's my story: https://99u.com/videos/28625/tina-roth-eisenberg-5-rules-for-making-an-impact …
Make *thoughtful* (both side approved) introductions or none at all.
— Tina Roth Eisenberg (@swissmiss) October 5, 2015
Andrew Rasiej
Personal Democracy Media
Civic Entrepreneur
Twitter profile:
Civic Entrepreneur, Founder of Personal Democracy Media, Civic Hall, Senior Advisor to the Sunlight Foundation, Chairman of NY TechMeetup
Great new platform called Project Callisto to fight sexual assault Demo'd @NYTM. Great example of why #NYTech has empathy in our blood
— Andrew Rasiej (@Rasiej) November 4, 2015
Alex Iskold
Techstars
Managing Director
Accelerator
Twitter profile:
CEntrepreneur/Investor. Managing Director @ Techstars, NYC. 2x Founder: GetGlue and Info Lab. Tech startups, UX, VC, running, yoga, lots of pushups.
New Post: 8 things you need to know about raising venture capital: https://t.co/SH8NaDwdg5
— Alex Iskold (@alexiskold) July 14, 2015
Jesse Middleton
Co-Founder WeWorkLabs, VP WeWork
Coworking
Twitter profile:
VP @WeWork. Co-founder @WeWorkLabs & @GetBackstory. Investor @SquirTech, @JackPocket, @classpass, @ThunderclapIt, @JoinTheRukkus, @UseBenny & @inDinero.
The difference in experience between @uber drivers in NYC and Philly is staggers. Philly cars are dirtier, drivers are less knowledgeable.
— Jesse Middleton (@srcasm) October 4, 2015
Henrik Werdelin
Prehype
Founder
Venture Development
Twitter profile:
I enjoy working with good people and turning small ventures into big ones. Started venture dev firm: @prehype and dogs favorite online place: @BarkBox
How to use office interior design to promote your startup brand values https://t.co/xUU9bf4IRX pic.twitter.com/j9BEIfBblL
— Henrik Werdelin (@werdelin) September 30, 2015
Toby Daniels
Social Media Week, Crowdcentric
Founder
Events
Twitter profile:
runner of marathons/triathlons, nyc based brit, co-founder & ceo of @crowdcentric & founder of @socialmediaweek.
Redditor Gives A Marketing Reality Check on The Age Old Facebook Question: Why is Organic Reach Declining? https://t.co/xfRBjeNVns
— Toby Daniels (@tobyd) November 5, 2015
David Tisch
Box Group, Spring
Managing Partner
Angel Investment
Twitter profile:
Managing Partner at Angel Investment company BoxGroup and Co-Founder of delivery app Spring
Great development for NYC - NYU's Tandon School of Engineering... Tech infrastructure continues to be built... https://t.co/GDmk5bz1UG
— David Tisch (@davetisch) October 5, 2015
Murat Aktihanoglu
Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator
Founder and MD
Accelerators
Twitter profile:
Managing Director at Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, Entrepreneur, Software Engineer, Author (Location Aware Applications) https://muratak.com
Goal-Driven Growth and Growth Hacking https://t.co/2NMiL1JQNu @ERoundtable
— Murat Aktihanoglu (@muratny) March 10, 2015
Steve Schlafman
RRE Ventures
Principal
Venture Capital
Twitter profile:
VC @RRE. Married to @TheSill. My values guide me: intellectual curiosity, hard work, honesty, humility, empathy, and transparency. Excited about the future.
"In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.” — Abraham Maslow.
— Steve Schlafman (@schlaf) October 3, 2015
Chad Dickerson
Etsy
CEO
E-commerce
Twitter profile:
CEO of one of New York's most successful tech startups tweets about Etsy events and gives some tips for entrepreneurs
Nobel prize winning scientists 2.85x more likely than avg scientist to have artistic or crafty hobby: https://t.co/uETmEgtbDg
— Chad Dickerson (@chaddickerson) September 27, 2015
Andrea Wilkis Wilson
Gilt, Glamsquad
Co-founder
E-commerce
Twitter profile:
@GlamSquadCo-Founder & CEO. @Gilt Co-Founder. Author of NYTimes bestselling book: By Invitation Only.
So incredible seeing @eholmes2003 @theranos accept @glamourmag Woman of the Year Award! #pioneer #entrepreneur #GlamourWOTY25 #womenintech
— Alexandra W. Wilson (@AWilkisWilson) November 10, 2015
Bradford Shellhammer
Fab, Bezar
Co-founder
E-commerce
Twitter profile:
Founder & CEO of https://Bezar.com & formerly founded https://Fab.com , https://Shellhammer.co , &https://Queerty.com . Big heart. King of Quirk.
<I just backed Growing New Roots on @Kickstarter https://t.co/48qGMKX54F
— Bradford Shellhammer (@youngbradford) October 6, 2015
Soraya Darabi
Zady
Co-founder
E-commerce
Twitter profile:
Co-founder of @Zady | @WEF Young Global Leader | Early Stage Venture #NYC | Idea enthusiast. Formerly New York Times.
"Ellen Pao: Silicon Valley sexism IS getting better." An important read on https://t.co/bpNrYFDMOv
— Soraya Darabi (@sorayadarabi) November 10, 2015
Jessica Singleton
City Hall
Chief Digital Officer
Government
Twitter profile:
Chief Digital Officer @nycgov, Mayor @billdeblasio. @barackobama alum. also: avocados, mixtapes, skiing, & southernisms.
.@GirlsWhoCode demoing tonight @BronxTechMeetUp underscore importance of @BilldeBlasio's #CS4All commitment. pic.twitter.com/3xuBXhA5dm
— Jessica Singleton (@jessay286) September 24, 2015
Haithem Elembaby
Katalyst Live
CEO Co-founder
Events
Twitter profile:
Co-Founder & CEO @KatalystLive, MBA @NYUStern, Advisor, Tech enthusiast, Prev. @AlleyNYC, Knicks fan 4 life #
Join @2020Shift as they bring out 100 millennials to see the inside of Silicon Alley's top tech companies/startups. https://t.co/7TCavenUy5
— haithem (@haithemnyc) November 9, 2015
Kathryn Minshew
Daily Muse
Founder and CEO
Media
Twitter profile:
Founder @DailyMuse, WSJ & HBR contributor, globe trotter. Forbes 30-under-30 & INC 15 women to watch in tech. YC alum. I get things done.
Great post on "Raising Capital as a First-time Founder" by @eileenmcarey @Glassbreakersco https://t.co/7XQbeT50CF
— Kathryn Minshew (@kmin) September 23, 2015
Jason Salzman
Alley NYC
Founder and CEO
Coworking space
Twitter profile:
Entrepreneur Columnist, CEO AlleyNYC. I love innovation through collaboration, disruptive technology and chicken lo mein.
I am educated by the University of Failure.
— Jason Saltzman (@SaltzmanJason) September 21, 2015
Mark Birch
Angel Investor
Twitter profile:
NYC sales pro, investor & entrepreneur; founder of the @Enterprise_Sale meetup; author Strong Opinions blog; heavy metal acoustic guitarist; dumpling aficionado.
Coining new term "Uniphoenix", unicorn startup that goes corpse, then rises from the ashes. Hasn't happened, just getting ahead of trend...
— Mark Birch (@marksbirch) September 10, 2015
Kelly Hoey
Speaker, Mentor and Strategist. Angel investor, LP @LacoiniaCapital, columnist @Inc.
Twitter profile:
Invest in the change you'd like to see in the world.
It's Monday - get pitching but get the story right! My latest on @inc - A Guide For Entrepreneurs Pitching The Media https://t.co/YEHUZ3PsSA
— Kelly Hoey (@jkhoey) October 5, 2015
Jalak Jobanputra
FuturePerfect Ventures
Partner
Venture Capital
Twitter profile:
VC since 99. Global Nomad. x Ballerina. Regularly tweets about women and diversity in tech
In honor of #ganeshchaturthi today, from the archive: What the Elephant God Can Teach Tech Entrepreneurs https://t.co/lxmwPpZRfL
— jalak jobanputra (@jalak) September 17, 2015
Barry Silbert
Digital Currency Group, Second Market, Bitcoin Investment Trust
Founder
Finance
Twitter profile:
Founder & CEO, Digital Currency Group (@DCGco), Founder @SecondMarket, Creator @BitcoinTrust
It is unclear to me why about 520 of these digital currencies even exist: https://t.co/zOAqi4pSap
— Barry Silbert (@barrysilbert) September 22, 2015
Neil Blumenthal
Warby Parker
CEO and co-founder
E-commerce, Retail
Twitter profile:
VLoves helping people see - co-founder & co-ceo of @WarbyParker, former director of @VisionSpring, husband of @CricketsCircle.
Of 30K tech startups a year, 10 will make up 97% of the total value and 1 will be worth all the others combined https://t.co/Q4NWuLLgfa
— Neil Blumenthal (@NeilBlumenthal) October 8, 2015
Jukay Hsu
Coalition for Queens
Founder
Social Tech
Twitter profile:
Tech, economic opportunity, urban development Founder @C4QNYC // Veteran, Fmr Army Captain @227Wolfhounds // Board @StuyvesantHigh @queenslibrary @nycgo
Very excited for tomorrow's speech by @BilldeBlasio CS edu for all NYers @jessay286 @kristentitus @minervatweet https://t.co/CJUfTUpKyT
— Jukay Hsu (@JukayHsu) September 15, 2015
Andrew Young
Swill, StartupWeekend
CTO and co-founder
E-commerce, Events
Twitter profile:
The adventures of the oveworkedasian | CTO/CoFounder of @getswill | Reddit NYC | Manager of @nycsw NY Startup Weekend | @wework Ambassador | Syracuse Alum/p>"
Join us tonight for Startup Weekend Pitch Karaoke Food Edition! RSVP here: https://t.co/I7cnCu9lG5 #nyc #startups pic.twitter.com/Ot9ZRr2vbY
— Andrew Young (@overworkedasian) September 30, 2015
Natalia Oberti Noguera
Pipeline Angels
CEO and founder
Angel Investor
Twitter profile:
@PipelineAngels Founder & CEO. Tweet about #socent, #LGBTQ,#languagematters, #morevoices,#changetheratio, pop culture, healthcare, & gadgets. Two last names.
Women get called girls even after we become adults whereas boys get called men while they're still kids. #languagematters #leanintogether
— NataliaObertiNoguera (@nakisnakis) March 21, 2015
Anil Dash
Entrepreneur, writer and geek living in New York City, obsessed with the way technology shapes and transforms society, media, government and culture.
Twitter profile:
Cofounder @makerbase @thinkup @activateinc • Board @stackoverflow @NYTM @datasociety @girlsclubny • Contributor @message • (it's pronounced ଅନଲ.)
Geeks are skeptical about whether devs will re-embrace building on Twitter. But Twitter's treated devs better than any big social platform.
— Anil Dash (@anildash) October 5, 2015
Brooke Hammerling
BrewPR
Founder
PR
Twitter profile:
I work at @BrewPR, I love cheese & I am a supporter of @charitywater.
If you start the conversation with "I am the founder of a unicorn" to me I will punch you in your face. Or at least visualize it.
— Brooke Hammerling (@brooke) October 6, 2015
Joanna Stern
Wall Street Journal
Tech journalist
Media
Twitter profile:
I've got a one tech mind. WSJ Personal Technology Columnist.
Microsoft better have some big news. They closed a city sidewalk for this and there are some very angry New Yorkers.
— Joanna Stern (@JoannaStern) October 6, 2015
Joel Spolsky
StackOverlfow, Trello
CEO/Developer
Coding
Twitter profile:
CEO of Stack Overflow, co-founder of Fog Creek Software (FogBugz, Kiln), and creator of Trello. Member of NYC gay startup mafia.
"You Suck at Excel" (video, 54m) in which I try to teach my team a bare minimum of non-incompetence at spreadsheets https://t.co/D7nxEMeGhp
— Joel Spolsky (@spolsky) September 8, 2015
John Resig
Khan Academy
Developer
Education
Twitter profile:
Creator of @jquery, JavaScript programmer, author, Japanese woodblock nerd (https://ukiyo-e.org ), work at @khanacademy.
Such an important call for Code of Conducts by @rachelnabors: https://t.co/L6gKepRb7x Everyone should refuse to speak at confs with no Code.
— John Resig (@jeresig) September 3, 2015
Peter Kafka
Re/code
Senior Editor
Media
Twitter profile:
Verbose, concise. Monkey via @andybyday
"Twitter Moments, Snapchat Live Stories share the same concept -- and content https://t.co/5LOyaH7R41 via @pkafka
— Peter Kafka (@pkafka) October 6, 2015
Cindy Gallop
Make Love not Porn, If We Ran The World
Founder
Women's Rights
Twitter profile:
I like to blow shit up. I am the Michael Bay of business.
"Not only is VC mostly white and male, a big chunk is past the age where VC partners have done their best deals" https://t.co/bB8lgqyXLh
— Cindy Gallop (@cindygallop) October 7, 2015
Jesse Podell
Startupbootcamp
New York MD
Accelerator
Twitter profile:
MD @SBCFintech True net worth is how you treat other people.
Wonderful engaged bright students @whartonfintech this afternoon. You are lucky to have one another thanks @alphafishing for having me today
— Jesse Podell (@Jessepod) November 18, 2015
Shaun Johnson
Startup Institute
Founder and NYC director
Accelerator
Twitter profile:
@StartupInst cofounder. Fmr @TechStars Associate. @Georgetown Hoya & Entrepreneur-in-Residence. @JohnsHopkins alum. Technologist on a mission.
From #Bschool to @Airbnb: Why MBAs should consider working for startups https://t.co/yO7nFUzgeC
— Shaun Johnson (@idealexit) October 4, 2015
Scott Heiferman
Meetup
CEO
Meetup Groups
Twitter profile:
Meetup.com CEO. Writes his blog at heif.tumblr.com
while others split their time on VR, space lasers, ads & the rest of their biz, we'll keep focused on cracking the code for real community
— Scott Heiferman (@heif) October 7, 2015
Unity Stoakes
Startup Health
Cofounder
Accelerator
Twitter profile:
Co-founder of StartUp Health, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Transformer...
Change in the way we pay for healthcare is 'coming fast and furious' via @FortuneMagazine https://t.co/vNA6OQerGw
— Unity Stoakes (@unitystoakes) October 6, 2015
Naveen Selvaduri
Expa
Partner
Startup Studio
Twitter profile:
partner, @expa. co-founder, @foursquare. photographs. code. cities. adventures.
I'm looking for a great Head of Content & Community (for something coming out soon soon soon A++++++!) know anyone? https://t.co/9tBwQFrCR0
— naveen (@naveen) October 2, 2015
John Borthwick
Betaworks
CEO
Startup Studio
Twitter profile:
Tweeting an interesting mix of NYC tech news, new startups and a little about his homeland in the UK
Thoughts on the changing media landscape + whether tech is eating media https://t.co/3jZabszunV
— John Borthwick (@Borthwick) November 12, 2015
Perry Chen
Kickstarter
Founder
Crowdfunding
Twitter profile:
Left Kickstarter in 2013, but still very much part on the NYC tech scene https://www.perrychenstudio.com/
Thrilled to announce Kickstarter Inc has reincorporated as Kickstarter PBC, a Public Benefit Corporation. About us: https://t.co/IdvQDZ23n1
— perry chen (@perrychen) September 21, 2015
