Hacker News is a social news site that shares information of interest to people involved in technology and entrepreneurship. The site has some of the most intelligent participants of any destination on the Internet. In this post, when I say “successful people” in the title, it’s just an arbitrary measure of success. This is mainly a list of people who:
• founded companies that raised funding
• founded companies that were acquired
• founded other interesting companies
• served as executives at companies
• are angel investors
• are venture capitalists
It’s mainly a list of people whose comments I may be interested in going through at some point to gain information on how to emulate people who achieved great things.
To find these people, I used this Google search:
[keyword] inurl:user site:news.ycombinator.com
with these executive titles and some other business & tech search terms.
Past or present positions include:
100k: co-founder of FanChatter
a4agarwal: co-founder and CEO of Posterous
aberman: co-founder of WePay
adamn: former CTO of ForSaleByOwner
adamsmith: founder and CTO at Xobni
adrianscott: founding investor of Napster and founder of Ryze
adw: CEO of Timetric
aepstein: co-founder of COLOURlovers
agotterer: Director of back-end development for Connected Ventures
ajju: COO at RideCell
akalsey: CTO at Pheedo
akardell: CTO of Connected Information Systems and Founder of Altona Ed (acquired by Pearson)
alee: co-founder of JamLegend
allantyoung: co-founder of LaunchHear
altay: Founder and CEO of MightyQuiz
amirnathoo: Founder and CEO of WebMynd
amitt: Director of Engineering at Zynga
amix: co-founder of Plurk
andres: co-founder of Octopart
andreshb: co-founder of Grooveshark
andrewow: co-founder of Voxli
andrewacove: founder of Quirk
annajohnson: co-founder and CEO of Kikabink
anotherjesse: founder of Anso Labs
answerly: co-founder of Answerly
antongm: CEO of AdGrok
arasakik: co-founder of Chatterous
arashf: founder and CEO of Dropbox
aresant: angel investor
arihelgason: co-founder of Fabricly
arjunlall: co-founder of JamLegend
asdf333: involved with acquired startup
ashu: co-founder of Buxfer
avibryant: co-founder of Dabble DB (acquired by Twitter)
barnabas: CTO of a wireless startup company
baydinalex: CEO of Baydin
bhc3: VP at Spigit
bigthboy: Chairman of EDunity
bkrausz: co-founder of GazeHawk
bolu: co-founder of FutureAdvisor
bootcampdk: co-founder and Managing Director of Startupbootcamp
bosky101: co-founder and CEO of hover.in
bpick: angel investor
bradfordcross: co-founder of FlightCaster
breck: funded by Y Combinator
brianchesky: CEO of Airbnb
bustamove: CEO of Enso Limited and Adwizzy Limited
busterbenson: co-founder of 43things
byosko: co-founder of Standout Jobs
c3o: founder of Soup.io
callmejeffrey: VP at SimpleGeo
cglee: co-founder of Active Interview
chadr: funded by Y Combinator
charlesmount: Founder and CEO of OneHub
chris123: experience in venture capital and an IPO
cjoh: Founder of Blue State Digital
credo: founder of CascadeSoft
cwan: co-founder of contract manufacturing services
cwilson: co-founder of WPEngine
dan_manges: CTO of Braintree
danielle17: Director of Marketing at Twilio
danifong: co-founder of Lightsail Energy
daniel_levine: founder of chart.io
danielha: co-founder of Disqus
danielodio: co-founder of PointAbout
dannyv: co-founder of Weebly
daveschappell: founder and CEO of TeachStreet
david_lieb: co-founder of bu.mp
davidblerner: serial entrepreneur and angel investor
davidmurphy: co-founder of Hotline Communications
davidsrose: serial entrepreneur and angel investor in over 70 companies
davidu: founder and CEO of OpenDNS
dctoedt: VP and General Counsel at a Fortune 500 company
ddispaltro: co-founder of Cloudkick
dhouston: founder and CEO of Dropbox
diego: CEO of Flaptor
dreeves: angel investor
drusenko: founder and CEO of Weebly
dshah: founder of HubSpot
dsiroker: co-founder of Optimizely
dwynings: Founder of Reputely
ebloch: co-founder and CEO of Flowtown
ephextom: co-founder of Adioso
ethank: SVP at Warner Music Group
evanpro: CEO of StatusNet
far33d: product work at Conduit Labs (acquired by Zynga)
finiteloop: CTO of Facebook
fnazeeri: serial entrepreneur
foobar2k: CTO of Heyzap
fredwilson: venture capitalist
freemanindia: founded a startup acquired by Excite
frisco: founder of MyFit (recently acquired)
geoffc: founded OpenAir (acquired by NetSuite)
gfodor: CTO of Adtuitive
gosuri: early stage investor
grellas: head of a boutique law firm
hailpixel: funded by Y Combinator
haploid: CTO of a network of sites
harj: partner at Y Combinator and co-founder of Auctomatic (acquired by Live Current Media)
hectic: co-founder and CMO of GoGrid
herdrick: founder and CEO of Biographicon
hugs: co-founder of Sauce Labs
hyung: Managing Director of Alley Labs
idiopathic: CEO of Patients Know Best
immad: founder of Heyzap and Clickpass
inmygarage: founder of MessageParty
iseff: co-founder of AppStoreHQ
ivankirigin: co-founder of Tipjoy
jack7890: co-founder of SeatGeek
jacquesm: angel investor
jaf12duke: co-founder of FlightCaster
jamesbirchler: Engineering Director at IMVU
jamesheroku: co-founder of Heroku
jarnold: previously director of engineering at Engine Yard
jarsj: co-founder of AppCanvas
jasonmcalacanis: CEO of Mahalo
jasonoliver: venture capitalist at Firstmark Capital
jasonshen: co-founder of Gumball Capital
jasonwilk: funded by Y Combinator
jawngee: CTO of Trunk Archive
jazzychad: co-founder of Notifo
jbyers: co-founder of Wikispaces
jdileo: founded and boostrapped a company to 70 employees in $12M in revenue
jeremymims: co-founder of Frogmetrics
jfb: funded by Y Combinator
jgershen: co-founder of GazeHawk
jgilliam: CTO of Business.com
jheitzeb: CEO of Snapvine (acquired by WhitePages.com)
jim-greer: founder and CEO of Kongregate
jlm382: founder and CEO of inDinero
jnovek: CTO of Seeing Interactive
jobenjo: co-founder and CEO of Fluther
joeh: co-founder and CEO of RescueTime
john_dahl: co-founder of Zencoder
johnm: Chief of Operations at Friendster
johnnyg: co-founder and General Manager of CPAP.com
joshu: founder of Delicious (acquired by Yahoo) and Tasty Labs
jrbedard: co-founder and CTO of Gamify
jsankey: co-founder of Zutubi
judegomila: co-founder of HeyZap
justin: co-founder of Justin.tv
kalid: co-founder of ContestMachine
kbob: former angel investor
kineticac: co-founder of FanVibe
kjw: venture capitalist at General Catalyst Partners
kogir: founder of Loopt
kordless: CEO of Loggly
kschrader: head of engineering at Intent Media
kssreeram: Founder of Tachyon Technologies
kul: co-founder of Auctomatic (acquired by Live Current Media)
lacker: founder of Gamador
lanceweatherby: co-founder of Skribit and Twitpay
leelin: founder of RentHop
lfittl: co-founded Soup.io
lisper: co-founder of Virgin Charter
llopatin: CTO and SVP at UV SouthSourcing
lox: CTO at 99Designs
lrgco: Partner at Okuri Ventures
lrm242: CEO of Tariten Trading
luxative: founder of Eyes and Feet
maccman: CTO of Taskforce
markbao: founding partner at multiple startups
marklittle: founder of a club for investors
mattblalock: angel investor
matthew-wegner: Founder and CEO of Flashbang Studios
mattlong: co-founder of Crocodoc
mchristoff: co-founder of Mixwit
mediasquirrel: Founder and CEO of SpeakerText
metabrew: Founder of Last.fm
metajack: Founded the Xiph.org foundation
mikesimonsen: co-founder of Altos Research
mojombo: co-founder of GitHub
moonpolysoft: co-founder of Fast_ip
mrinal: co-founder of CrossLoop
mwsherman: CTO of Alikewise
myoung8: co-founder of CarWoo
n1k: founder of Omnidrive
ncbutters: co-founder of Slinkset
niallsmart: founder of Echodio
nicholasjbs: co-founder of HireHive
nihaar: funded by Y Combinator
nkohari: founder of AgileZen (acquired by Rally Software)
nmeyer: co-founder of KingsofChaos.com, Reble.FM (acquired by Playlist.com) and Milewise (which raised angel funding)
obie: founder and CEO of Hashrocket
ojbyrne: built Digg
othman: founder of MixerLabs (acquired by Twitter)
papa: co-founder of Fanpop
patio11: profitable entrepreneur
paulsingh: founder of NotaryCRM, MailFinch, and Philtro (acquired by CityVoice)
petenixey: founder of Clickpass
petercooper: founder of startups that were acquired
petesmithy: co-founder of Songkick
petewarden: founder of Mailana
pg: co-founder of Y Combinator and Viaweb
pjhyett: co-founder of GitHub
polvi: co-founder of CloudKick
powdahound: co-founder of HipChat
prbuckley: co-founder of WebMynd
profquail: founder and CEO of TidePowerd
pstamatiou: co-founder of Notify
pxlpshr: co-founder of Plerts (acquired by Mpower Mobile)
radley: co-founder of Cloud.tv
rafaelc: CEO of LearnBoost
rahulvohra: CEO of Rapportive
rantfoil: co-founder of Posterous
rarrrrrr: co-founder of SpiderOak
ras_: VP at Razume
rauchg: CTO at LearnBoost
rdamico: co-founder and CEO of Crocodoc
rgrieselhuber: founder of Ginzametrics
richardprice: founder of Academia.edu
rksprst: co-founder of SocialBlaze
robertgaal: co-founder of Wakoopa
robfitz: funded by Y Combinator
robk: venture capitalist
robotadam: co-founder of Urban Airship
royrod: co-founder of Going (acquired by AOL)
ryan: co-founder and CEO of Omnisio
ryanlchan: Founder of Speramus and former CTO of Nulabel Printing Solutions
sachinag: Director of Marketing at Blueleaf and formerly a venture capitalist at Ascension Health Ventures
sam: co-founder of Octopart
sam_odio: founder of Divvyshot (acquired by Facebook)
sanj: founder of LuckyCal
sanjayparekh: serial entrepreneur
scottdw2: CEO of Transactor
scottporad: CTO of Cheezburger Network
shafqat: co-founder and CEO of NewsCred
sharpshoot: co-founder of Snaptalent
shirai: CEO of MeZine and former CTO of Suite101
shuleatt: co-founder of Workstreamer
siong1987: co-founder of graffitiGeo
skeletor: co-founder and CEO of DrChrono
snowmaker: co-founder of Scribd
speby: co-founder of Poll Everywhere
spolsky: Founder of Fog Creek Software and co-founder of Stack Overflow
squirrel: CTO of YouDevise
stackthat: founder of an angel funded startup
stevemorin: angel investor
swombat: founder of Woobius
tchae: co-founder of Reedemr and VC at Romulus Capital
tdavis: founder of TicketStumbler
thetable: co-founder of Popcuts
thinkcomp: President and CEO of Think Computer Corporation
thomask: startup advisor and angel investor
thorax: founder of Miracle Labs
timcederman: angel investor
tipjoy: co-founder of Tipjoy
tlrobinson: co-founder of 280 North (acquired by Motorola)
tptacek: founder of Matasano
trotzke: co-founder of SproutBox
tsmith: CEO of GridCentric
tylerarnold: founder of an angel funded startup
vide0star: co-founder and CEO of Smarkets
waxpancake: CTO of Kickstarter and co-founder of Upcoming (acquired by Yahoo)
wayt: Partner at Shotput Ventures
webwright: founded RescueTime
wensing: co-founder of Stormpulse
whirlycott1: founder and CTO of StyleFeeder
wumpus: CTO at Blekko
xal: Founder and CEO of Shopify
yokumtaku: Partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
zackattack: Founder of Awesomeness Reminders
zaidf: founder of a funded startup
zain: funded by Y Combinator
zaius: co-founder of nowmov
zellunit: funded by Y Combinator
