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Rodrigo Pinto Indie status: 3+ years Project management and software development

@Rodrigo_plp

Venkatesh Rao Independent consultant Indie status: 10+ years Currently: ribbonfarm.com Previously: Xerox Blog / Newsletter / Bio

@vgr

Jay Kalawar

Siva Swaroop

Mike Wimsatt

Thomas Verhagen Indie status: 2 years Currently: Clipper.earth Previously: Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership Clipper.earth / Analyze, structure & boost

@thomasverhagen

Nathan Chen Website

@iam_nChen

Chris Clark Freelance Data Projects Currently: Product Manager, YouTube

@chrisclark1729

Charlie Bilsland Space / Strategy / Commercials Indie status: 5+ years

@charliebilsland

Justice everything digital Indie status: 5+ years sometimes.gallery

@being_on_line

Michael de la Maza

Murilo Loureiro

Nathan Acks Armchair futurist. Defense against the dark arts. Currently: IT and security for a major US non-profit Previously: Digital organizing tech / Applied Mathematics Writings / Photography / Weblog

@nathan_acks

Nita Baum Indie status: 10+ years b*free / Solar Responders

@bfree_live

Benjamin Taylor systems | cybernetics | complexity Indie status: 10+ years Currently: public | service | transformation Previously: PwC, Capita, Adviser to Mayor in a London Borough RedQuadrant / Systems Practice / My links

@antlerboy

Drew Shiel Independent Domestic Historian Currently: Moderator at AskHistorians

@gothwalk

Victor Hill

Eric Platon (GOF)AI, Consciousness, Biology, Space Indie status: 5+ years Currently: Working on projects around AI, agriculture, and space

@not_replica

Anne-Laure Le Cunff Indie status: 3+ years Previously: Google, Entrepreneur First Founder, Ness Labs

@anthilemoon

Scott Garlinger Director of Business Development, Groupmuse; A.I. Operator, Dynasty

@scott_garlinger

Maier Fenster Distilling and then leveraging your ideas Maier's work website

@maierfenster

Michael Colin Supply Chain; Logistics; Freight Tech Currently: Founder & CEO, MVMNT

@divinix_chi

Harry Pottash Philosopher & Investor Indie status: 5+ years Previously: Engineer, Founder

Ben Mosior curator of strange and interesting methods Indie status: 5+ years Currently: wardley mapping and transition design Previously: sysadmin turned consultant Hired Thought / Learn Wardley Mapping

@HiredThought

Shreeda Segan Design Thinker & Writer Substack / Portfolio

@freeshreeda

Alex Dobrenko Improviser / Writer / Filmmaker Indie status: 5+ years Previously: Distance / UCB / Funny or Die alexdobrenko.com

@Dobrenkz

Jordan Peacock CEO, Becoming Machinic; Founder, Sortilege Indie status: 3+ years Previously: U.S. Bank, HelpSystems LinkedIn

@hewhocutsdown

Chris Reid Indie status: 3+ years Currently: Founder of an indie game studio Previously: Customer Experience Strategy; Product Development

@careid0

Jordan Allen Business Development & Revenue Generation Indie status: 2 years

@quickdrawyall

Jenna Dixon communications & digital operations Indie status: 30+ years Currently: digital swiss army knife :: helpful free-range chicken

@jdbb

Drew Schorno Clown school graduate; Failed startup alumni Currently: Caring for my grandmother at home drewschorno.com

@dschorno

Tracy Brinkerhoff

Amanda Reeves Indie status: 2 years Previously: Strategic coaching & health service redesign Wabi Sabi Futures / Ahoyhoy

@WabiSabiFutures

Vaughn Tan Indie status: 5+ years Currently: University College London School of Management Previously: Google bio / book / newsletter

@vaughn_tan

Anuraj R Curious | Roboticist About

@anurajenp

Sumit Paul-Choudhury

Randy Lubin Indie status: 10+ years Consulting Entrepreneur

@randylubin

Erik Sandberg

Zhan Li Scenarios, Foresight, Futurist Studies & PE/VC Currently: PE/VC in London LinkedIn

@thezhanly

Grigori Milov

Ryan Hume Industrial Designer + Illustrator + Music Technologist Indie status: 2 years ryanhume.com

Paul Millerd Indie status: 3+ years Previously: McKinsey, BCG, GE, Russell Reynolds Boundless / Strategy U

@p_millerd

Praful Mathur

Chris Butler Chaotic good product manager LinkedIn / YouTube / Medium

@chrizbot

Kannen Ramsamy Writer | Communications | Policy Portfolio

Jascha

Vlad Mehakovic Indie status: 2 years mehakovic.com

@vladiim

Maggie Appleton

Martha Balaile Indie status: 2 years Illustrator

@MythologyStudio

David McDougall Currently: Director of Product, Arabesque S-Ray Previously: Founder, Lusiad Innovation Innovation at Scale

@dmcdougall

Benjamin Smith Qualitative researcher Currently: RAND Corporation Previously: US Navy Substack

Vinay Débrou Indie status: 3+ years Previously: Data Analyst at a Fintech SaaS company Consultant, Data & Brand Strategy / Substack

@vinaydebrou

Darren Kong Indie status: 3+ years Previously: Other Internet Varietal Digital

@varietalxyz

Sachin Benny Indie status: 2 years Previously: Led growth for an online DTC furniture brand Marketing strategy & positioning

@sachinb91

Tom Critchlow Indie status: 5+ years Previously: Google tomcritchlow.com / Little Futures

@tomcritchlow

Prashant Gandhi

Phil Wolff Grab a coffee

@evanwolf

Thomas Hollands Marketing Strategy and Strategic Marketing Indie status: 1 year Currently: Strategy & marketing advisor for startups Previously: Finance @ Barclays; Strategy @ L.E.K. and Lonza; Teaching @ UCL Partially-baked blog / Infrequent half-baked newsletter / LinkedIn

@tdoggyholhol

Pamela Hobart Philosopher, Mother of 3 Indie status: 3+ years Currently: The Life Coach for Smart People pamelajhobart.com / Substack

@amelapay

Hugo Macedo Humans are a curious subject Indie status: 5+ years Currently: Unbabel Previously: McKinsey, P&G, startups Newsletter

@macedoh

Claire Peters