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    Harry Heymann

    Heymann is lead engineer at Foursquare and a frequent Quora user. He answers questions about Foursquare, startups, data, New York and art--but mostly Foursquare.

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    Marco Arment

    Arment was a co-founder of Tumblr who left to work on his highly-popular app, Instapaper, which saves articles on the Internet so they can be read later offline. He answers questions about Instapaper and the vagaries of the Apple App Store.

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    Eunji Choi

    Choi, a front-end developer and former lead engineer at Topguest, has answered 987 questions, posed 410, and made 19,993 edits on Quora. She answers questions about everything from bunnies to location-based apps.

  • Back Forward Joel Spolsky

    Joel Spolsky

    Spolsky has only answered four questions on Quora even though he's been registered since at least April. But he's a co-founder of Stack Overflow, the question-and-answer site for programmers that is often compared to Quora and could be considered a competitor, considering Quora's technical bent.

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  • Back Forward David S. Rose

    David S. Rose

    Described by Crain’s New York Business as “the father of angel investing in New York," Rose frequently leaves thoughtful answers to questions about entrepreneurship, funding and startups in New York.

  • Back Forward Amrit Richmond

    Amrit Richmond

    Richmond does Community Outreach for Meetup.com and answers questions about Meetup, design, infographics and iPhone wallpapers.

  • Back Forward Roger Ehrenberg

    Roger Ehrenberg

    Roger Ehrenberg is the founder of IA Ventures. He's answered 47 questions and asked just one, which he also answered himself. His answers are often long and in-depth.

  • Back Forward Tristan Louis

    Tristan Louis

    Louis is a former journalist and dotcom era entrepreneur, with pockets of deep knowledge in areas like online banking, New York City restaurants and international business.

  • Back Forward Jennifer 8. Lee

    Jennifer 8. Lee

    A former New York Times reporter, Lee sometimes does some reporting on questions. Now a startup enthusiast, she writes long, authoritative answers across a range of subjects.

  • Back Amanda Peyton

    Amanda Peyton

    The Y Combinator alum and co-founder of MessageParty, Peyton is an active Quora user with a range of interests who weighs in on location-based services, entrepreneurship and New Yorky things.

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