Startup Thought Leaders

Co-founder of Y Combinator, programmer, essayist. Known for teaching startup founders how to think independently and build from zero.

Co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, entrepreneur, and author of 'The Hard Thing About Hard Things'.

Co-founder of PayPal, Palantir, and Founders Fund. Legendary for contrarian thinking and monopoly-building frameworks.

Founder of AngelList, prolific angel investor, philosopher of wealth and leverage in startups.

Creator of the first web browser, co-founder of a16z, and major thinker on technology cycles and growth dynamics.

Entrepreneur, investor, and author of 'High Growth Handbook'. Scaled companies like Twitter, Airbnb, and Pinterest.

Former COO of Stripe, author of 'Scaling People', expert on scaling operational systems in fast-growth startups.

Economist, author, venture scout. Known for insights on talent discovery, economic trends, and decision-making models.

Partner at a16z, former Uber growth exec, and author of 'The Cold Start Problem'. Focused on networks and scaling.

Founder of SaaStr, VC at SaaStr Fund, SaaS builder turned SaaS kingmaker.

Author of 'Hooked' and 'Indistractable'. Specializes in behavioral design and engagement psychology.

Nobel Prize-winning psychologist and author of 'Thinking, Fast and Slow'. Pioneer in behavioral economics.

Director of the Stanford Behavior Design Lab, author of 'Tiny Habits'. Focuses on creating behavior change.

Author of 'Atomic Habits'. Synthesizes behavior science into actionable personal and business systems.

Author of 'Predictably Irrational', behavioral economist, focused on human motivation and decision biases.

Author of 'Influence' and 'Pre-Suasion'. Father of modern persuasion psychology.

World Series of Poker champion and decision strategist. Author of 'Thinking in Bets'.

Organizational psychologist at Wharton, author of 'Originals' and 'Give and Take'.

Psychologist and author of 'Grit'. Studies perseverance and long-term achievement psychology.

Marketing professor at Wharton, author of 'Contagious' and 'Invisible Influence'.

Creator of 'The Twenty Minute VC' and founder of 20VC Fund. Early-stage investor and media powerhouse.

Founder of Yammer, early exec at PayPal, GP at Craft Ventures. One of the sharpest startup operators turned VCs.

Founder of Social Capital, early Facebook exec, aggressive investor in transformational companies.

Co-founder of Union Square Ventures. Legendary early investor in Twitter, Etsy, Tumblr.

Angel investor, host of 'This Week in Startups', early Uber investor, founder of LAUNCH.

Legendary VC at Benchmark. Early Uber backer. Master of marketplace investing.

Co-founder and GP at Hustle Fund. Focused on democratizing startup investing and pre-seed hustlers.

General Partner at Benchmark. Early Pinterest PM. Investor focused on marketplaces and growth.

GP at Banana Capital. Memes, early-stage investing, consumer-tech pattern matcher.

Founder of Cowboy Ventures. Coined the term 'unicorn' for billion-dollar startups.

Growth advisor to companies like Canva, Eventbrite, and former growth leader at Pinterest and Grubhub.

Square product exec, DoorDash board member, former Google Ads leader. True operator's operator.

CRO at HubSpot during IPO, author of 'The Sales Acceleration Formula'.

Former COO of Stripe, scaling expert for hypergrowth companies.

PM leader at Stripe, Google, Twitter. Thought leader on product management and organizational psychology.

Former VP of Product Design at Facebook, author of 'The Making of a Manager'.

CEO at Reforge, former VP Growth at HubSpot. Growth model master.

General Partner at a16z. Led growth at Uber. Specialist in network effects and growth modeling.

Former PM at Airbnb. Creator of Lenny's Newsletter, tactical frameworks for PMs and growth leaders.

Former Duolingo VP Growth. Led their growth from 3M to 200M users.

Founder of Customer Camp, expert in customer research and product messaging.

Head of Trends at The Hustle, creator at a16z, and indie builder.

Investor, entrepreneur, and creator known for deep threads on business frameworks and mental models.

Founder of Nomad List, Remote OK, Indie Hacker godfather.

Founder of House of Wise. Brand builder. Creator on startups, leadership, and mental health.

Founder of ConvertKit. Creator economy operator, bootstrapper turned SaaS CEO.

Founder of Morning Brew. Startup builder, storyteller, creator economy expert.

Founder of Visualize Value. Designer, marketer, mental model creator.

Founder of The Profile. Storyteller on people, resilience, and business success patterns.

Doctor turned YouTuber, course creator, entrepreneur. Master of scalable digital products.

Marketing and brand strategist sharing behind-the-scenes of building standout brands and communities.

Entrepreneur, angel investor, and creator helping first-time founders turn ideas into businesses live.