13 People I Want to Meet in 2013

Over the past year I’ve had the pleasure of meeting incredibly smart, successful entrepreneurs like Andrew Chen and Joel Gascoigne. I’ve learned a lot from these conversations and as someone who’s extremely focused on personal growth, I want to continue building connections and learning from others. Surprisingly, these busy people are often willing to lend their time, thanks to the pay-it-forward Silicon Valley/startup culture.

Here are 13 people I admire and respect, that I want to meet in 2013:

1. Andrew Warner (Mixergy)
2. Kevin Rose (Google Ventures)
3. Jason Calacanis (Inside.com/Mahalo)
4. Tom Tunguz (Redpoint)
5. Semil Shah (independent consultant, writer)
6. Sahil Lavingia (Gumroad)
7. Chris Dixon (Andreessen Horowitz)
8. Mark Suster (GRP Partners)
9. Nir Eyal (NirAndFar.com)
10. BJ Fogg (Stanford professor, psychologist)
11. Aaron Ginn (Growth Hacker)
12. Gabriel Weinberg (DuckDuckGo)
13. Paul Graham (Y Combinator)

Who do you want to meet in 2013?