Well-known Tweetstormer and investor Marc Andreessen has produced a list of his favorite people to follow on Twitter. He was prompted to do so by an article in The Information called “Silicon Valley’s Frontman Problem” by Jessica Lessin, who questioned if the industry leaders most often quoted by the media (she cited Andreessen, Elon Musk, and Peter Thiel) really “represent the views of the broader Silicon Valley community.”
“The more media coverage Silicon Valley gets, the more important it is that other voices get heard,” Lessin wrote.
(In addition to Lessin’s thought piece, New York magazine also just published an interview with Andreessen, in which he talked about the cultural changes in Silicon Valley since he arrived in 1994 and diversity in the tech industry, among other topics.)
His list “only a highly abridged selection,” Andreessen (@pmarca) tweeted, but a helpful one because his public list of tech industry-related accounts has over 600 members.
Since Andreessen’s prolific use of Twitter means his tweets tend to get buried quickly, TechCrunch has saved his highly abridged list for posterity here.
1/Jessica Lessin @Jessicalessin writing about “Silicon Valley’s Frontman Problem” aka “Peak Andreessen/Thiel/Musk”: https://t.co/DTNBkpzS0j
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 19, 2014
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2/She says “Silicon Valley has the microphone. More people should step up and seize it.” — I wholeheartedly agree!
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 19, 2014
3/In that spirit: Here are a bunch of tech people who aren’t widely famous (yet) but who routinely say interesting and provocative things!
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 19, 2014
4/Founders: @_sunilrawat–Sunil Rawat, Omniscience; @ahsanhilal–Ahsan Rizvi, Kiddomapp; @AlSaqqaf–Mohammed Al Saqqaf, Project Prepay
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 19, 2014
4/Founders: @_sunilrawat–Sunil Rawat, Omniscience; @ahsanhilal–Ahsan Rizvi, Kiddomapp; @AlSaqqaf–Mohammed Al Saqqaf, Project Prepay
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 19, 2014
5/@andrewtrabulsi–Andrew Trabulsi; @bilalfarooqui–Bilal Farooqui, CrystalMD; @chrisamccoy–Chris McCoy, YourSports
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 19, 2014
6/@DanielleFong–Danielle Fong, Lightsail Energy; @davealevine–David Aron Levine, Artivest; @helengreiner–Helen Grenier, CyPhyWorks
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 19, 2014
6/@DanielleFong–Danielle Fong, Lightsail Energy; @davealevine–David Aron Levine, Artivest; @helengreiner–Helen Grenier, CyPhyWorks
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 19, 2014
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7/@JessicaMah–Jessica Mah, InDinero; @judegomila–Jude Gomila, Heyzap; @meredithperry–Meredith Perry, UBeam; @NaithanJones–Nait, AgLocal
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 19, 2014
8/@omosanzalette–Louis Anslow, Newtru.st; @paulbaumgart–Paul Baumgart, WhatWeOrder; @ruzwana–Ruzwana Bashir, Peek
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 19, 2014
9/@Sophia_Amoruso–Sophia Amoruso, NastyGal; @stanine–Matt MacInnis, Inkling; @starkness–Elizabeth Stark, StartX; @tikhon–Tikhon, Parse
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 19, 2014
10/@tristanwalker–Tristan Walker, Bevel; @tzhongg–Tiffany Zhong, Glimpse; @zaid–Zaid Farooqui, CrystalMD
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 19, 2014
11/VCs: @aileenlee–Aileen Lee, Cowboy; @AMLG23–Alice Lloyd George, RRE; @annimaniac–Ann Miura-Ko, Floodgate; @bznotes–Bilal Zuberi, Lux
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 19, 2014
12/@jordancooper–Jordan Cooper, Lerer; @justGLew–Geoff Lewis, Founders Fund; @noUpside–Renee DiResta, OATV; @semil–Semil Shah, Haystack
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 19, 2014
13/@sarahkunst–Sarah Kunst, VFA; @shaig–Shai Goldman, SVB; @stephpalmeri–Steph Palmeri, SoftTech; @ttunguz–Tomasz Tunguz, Redpoint
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 19, 2014
14/Other roles! @AndreaKuszewski–Andrea Kuszewski; @Atif_Rz–Atif Raza; @beacongal–Monica Roman Gagnier; @calcsam–Sam Bhagwat
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 19, 2014
15/@fmbutt–Farooq Butt; @fnxTX–JJ; @kyro–Kyro Beshay; @lhon–Lauren O’Neill; @minarad–Mina Radhakrishnan; @ramez–Ramez Naam
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 19, 2014
16/@Pierre_Rochard–Pierre Rochard; @Rosepcountry; @SantiaSua–Santiago Suarez; @sriramk–Sriram Krishnan; @startuployalist–Bushra Farooqui
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 19, 2014
16/@Pierre_Rochard–Pierre Rochard; @Rosepcountry; @SantiaSua–Santiago Suarez; @sriramk–Sriram Krishnan; @startuployalist–Bushra Farooqui
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 19, 2014
17/@SuB8u–Subrahmanyam KVJ; @Susan_Athey–Susan Athey; @thedataroom–Michael Tsai; @thezhanly–Zhan Li; @tparekh–Tarak Parekh
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 19, 2014
18/Longtime thought leaders: Andy Rachleff–@arachleff; Bill Davidow–@BillDavidow; Bill Janeway–@billjaneway; Nick Szabo–@NickSzabo4
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 19, 2014
19/Most of these folks are not affiliated with me/A16Z — what they have in common is, when they say things, I learn things!
— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 19, 2014
