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Derek Sivers

// SIVE.RS

Derek Sivers is a musician, circus performer, entrepreneur, and speaker. He describes himself as a slow thinker, explorer, and xenophile who loves a different point of view. A California native, he now lives in New Zealand. He is ambitiously focused on creating articles, books, websites, music, companies, systems, apps, and new ideas. He prioritizes creating and learning, and enjoys working alone for long hours. He is the author of "Useful Not True", "How to Live", "Hell Yeah or No", "Your Music and People", and "Anything You Want".

WritingMusic
New Zealand
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Erno Hannink

// DECIDEFORIMPACT.COM

Erno is a sparring and accountability partner for entrepreneurs with a positive sustainable impact. He helps them make decisions that grow their impact on people and the environment. Erno listens, asks critical questions, and gives advice. He helps entrepreneurs prioritize and take the right steps to grow their impact. He is also a business coach who helps with decision-making and provides a broader perspective. Erno is the author of several books on impact decisions and hosts the Decide for Impact podcast. He is driven by a mission to improve social and ecological equality.

Decision MakingBusiness Coaching
Netherlands
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Garrick Van Buren

// GARRICKVANBUREN.COM

Garrick van Buren has over two decades of experience helping B2B founders and product owners align their products with customer needs. He has worked with bootstrapped startups, VC-funded startups, corporate venture studios, and brands shifting to digital-first models. His expertise includes customer research, product design, business strategy, and founder work-life balance across various industries. Garrick mentors startups in TechStars, ILT Academy, Beta.MN, and the US Agtech Canadian Technology Accelerator. He authored ‘Rebuilding Blocks: How the Game of Kubb Put My Life Back Together’ and his work has been featured in books on marketing and digital product design.

Product DesignStartup Mentoring
United States
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Jan Karger

// JKARGER.DE

punker76 is a developer who blogs about their work and other thoughts. They contribute to open source projects like Chocolatey GUI and MahApps.Metro, and write about topics like creating custom IconPacks, handling disabled button foregrounds, and collapsing row or column definitions in WPF grids. Their blog also includes personal posts.

C++Wpf
Germany
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Joseph Jude

// JJUDE.COM

Joseph Jude is a coach, CTO, and podcast host. He shares his thoughts through writing, brings ideas to life with code, and homeschools two sons. He hosts the Gravitas WINS podcast and empowers leaders through the Gravitas WINS program. Joseph also helps business owners solve problems with technology. He invites others to join him on a journey of growth and discovery.

TechnologyLeadership Coaching
India
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Josh Haden

// JOSHHADEN.COM
Personal
United States
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Josh Mills

// TRUEHEART78.COM

Josh is a full-time software developer who enjoys Ruby, Taylor Swift, emojis, and gifs. He expresses a love for people and a desire for their well-being. He maintains a blog and a 'Now' page to share updates on his activities. His resume is available for a detailed overview of his work.

RubySoftware Developer
United States
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Keith Kritselis

// KEITHKRITSELIS.COM

Keith Kritselis is an experienced media professional, teacher, and entrepreneur. With a 30-year career in media production and product development, he is dedicated to guiding clients, students, and ideas to s쳮d while inspiring a passion for innovation. He has created content for clients such as Coke, BellSouth, Motorola, Dell Computers, Rayovac, Inc., G.S.D.&M., and the United States Marines. As an educator, he has taught various groups, from high school dropouts to industry professionals. His media and products have been featured in numerous blogs and major news outlets. He has also spoken on panels at events like SXSW Interactive Festival and Makerfare. He has been granted a "Secret" clearance from the U.S. government and has taken 5 products to market.

EducationProduct Development
United States
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Kohan Ikin

// KOHANIKIN.COM
Personal
Australia
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Leo Babauta

// ZENHABITS.NET

Leo Babauta is the creator of Zen Habits, a website with over a million readers focused on finding simplicity and mindfulness in daily life. He lives in Northern California with his wife and two teenage children. Leo is a vegan who enjoys writing, running, and reading. He also offers a program called Fearless Mastery and 1-on-1 coaching.

MindfulnessSimplification
United States
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Mario Sanchez Carrion

// MARIOSANCHEZ.ORG

Mario Sanchez Carrion is a math tutor who helps middle and high school students master math concepts and prepare for the SAT and ACT tests. He is also a computer programming enthusiast with a focus on data analytics using Python, SQL, and R. Previously, Mario worked in international marketing and product development for Fortune 500 companies for over 25 years. He brings a strong math foundation from Industrial Engineering and an MBA, and applies computational thinking techniques to make math logical and approachable.

Data AnalyticsMath Tutoring
United States
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Monty Harper

// MONTYHARPER.COM

Monty Harper is a children's songwriter and performer based in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He has been making families happy with memorable songs since 1992. He posts a new song every Monday on YouTube and interacts with fans in his Fan Club on Patreon. Monty performs original award-winning songs for kids and families at schools, libraries, and festivals. He also helps kids create their own songs through workshops, residencies, and coaching. Monty is also a songwriter for hire and writes custom songs for clients. He is also an aspiring author and is co-writing a middle grade fantasy novel with his daughter.

Children's MusicSTEAM Education
United States
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Nathan Lustig

// NATHANLUSTIG.COM

Nathan Lustig is an entrepreneur and investor. He is currently the managing partner at Magma Partners, a seed stage investment fund and accelerator based in Santiago, Chile. Nathan bought ExchangeHut.com in 2005 and grew it into a national business before it was acquired in 2008. He co-founded Entrustet, which was later acquired by SecureSafe. In 2010, he moved to Santiago, Chile as part of Startup Chile. He also wrote a book called Startup Chile 101. Nathan founded Capital Entrepreneurs and cofounded Madison’s Forward Technology Conference. He also worked as head of marketing at Welcu and taught entrepreneurship at three Chilean universities.

Venture CapitalStartups
Mexico
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Paul Pajo

// PAGEMAN.WORDPRESS.COM

The Pageman in Kabul is currently based in Manila but anticipates returning to Kabul. He was formerly the Chief Evangelist for DesireMesh.com and is now the Technology Evangelist for WaTunes and CTO for SonicLogo. He also contributes to Technation.com.au and blog.quadraforte.com. He offers Social Media Optimization (SMO) and Facebook Marketing services, with clients including Bizu, Café Provençal, Forbes Tower Manila, The Sofia and Ariana, Drip, Michael Gemina, SkyFlakes, Martin Honasan, SilverBox, Hamilton Homes, and Yako Reyes.

Technology EvangelistSocial Media Optimization
Philippines
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Paul Sufka

// PAULSUFKA.COM

Dr. Paul Sufka received his M.D. from the University of Iowa Medical School in 2005 and completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Minnesota in 2008. He completed his fellowship training in rheumatology in June of 2011 with the University of Minnesota Department of Rheumatology. Since June of 2023 he has worked as a rheumatologist with Twin Cities Orthopedics. He has been involved in teaching rheumatology fellows with the University of Minnesota and was the social media editor for the official journals of the American College of Rheumatology. He was also a Founding Steering Committee Member for The COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. He writes about AI and clinical medicine on his Superintelligent Medicine Substack.

RheumatologyArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare
United States
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Roberto Zoia

// ZOIA.ORG

Roberto Zoia is a technology strategist who helps businesses unlock their potential through intelligent technology decisions, AI-driven solutions, and secure-by-design architectures. He specializes in transforming complex technical challenges into competitive advantages. Roberto is the CTO and partner at Identificación y Control SAC and also works as fractional CTO at Agents4Future. He holds a Degree in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, and also an MBA. He is married with three children and relocated to Mexico City at the end of 2024.

CybersecurityTechnology Strategy
Mexico
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Ryan P. Flynn

// RPFLYNN.COM
Personal
United States
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Sean Bonner

// SEANBONNER.COM

Sean Bonner is an author, artist, activist, and cultural alchemist. He is the co-editor/author of CRYPTOPUNKS: Free To Claim and wrote an introduction for Covert to Overt: The Under/Overground Art of Shepard Fairey. Since 2020, he has been involved in digital/crypto/art, working with artists and platforms, and as a Venture Partner with gmjp. He heads up web3 exploration for Obey Giant Art and co-created the virtual musician 8tari Lofi Punk with DJ Muggs. He was an Associate Professor at Keio University and a researcher at MIT. He co-founded Safecast and co-authored 50 Shades of Green: Reimagining Philanthropy. He is a published street photographer and experimental musician. He co-founded Cross My Heart Hope To Die and Saturday Night Massacre and has collaborated with monochrom and Soul Assassins. He also co-founded Coffee Common and the first hackerspace in Los Angeles. He has been an Artist In Residence at the MuseumsQuartier in Vienna, a Hacker In Residence at Sparkfun in Colorado, and an Entrepreneur In Residence at The Groop in Los Angeles.

Web3Crypto Art
Canada
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Sean MacAvaney

// MACAVANEY.US

Sean MacAvaney is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at the University of Glasgow and a member of the Terrier Team. He earned his PhD at Georgetown University under Nazli Goharian and Ophir Frieder, where he was a member of the IR Lab. His research focuses on applying machine learning to problems in IR and NLP. He received the ACM SIGIR Early Career Researcher Award, the AI2 Intern of the Year Award, the ARCS Endowment Fellowship, and paper awards at SIGIR, ECIR, and COLING. Prior to graduate school, he worked as a software developer at IIT/SourceTech. He is currently looking for PhD students.

Machine LearningInformation Retrieval
United States
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Stan Stewart

// MUZ4NOW.COM

Stan Stewart is a pianist, composer, and songwriter who creates singer-songwriter and instrumental music. He improvises and adapts to situations, connecting with others through his creative tools. Some of his earliest memories are of playing the family baby grand piano and singing at church. He wrote his first composition on the piano at a young age and later taught himself guitar. He played in several bands while living in Europe and now writes and performs original music and poetry, often inspired by day-to-day interactions. He hopes to reach others who are unsure of their own creative process.

SongwriterComposer
United States