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X / Twitter · 100 entries · platform-specific
100 X accounts that hold Marcus's attention — analysts, SaaS-metrics, PE/M&A, deals-media, market-map.
X is where Marcus reads. Not dev Twitter — the business-of-tech analysts, SaaS/cloud-metrics voices, PE/M&A operators, deals journalists, and market-map analysts he uses to decide who's worth a meeting. We engage the data desks and benchmark voices with a complementary, translated data point; we monitor the analysts and reply only when one plain-English signal genuinely fits. Never raw commits, never quant jargon.
Cadence
Read daily. 3–5 replies a day on the engage/watch accounts, each carrying ONE translated data point ('Company X's engineering activity is accelerating faster than its category — worth a look,' + link). Pitch the market-map / data desks (Bucket F) and deals newsletters (Bucket E) a complementary, translated data angle. The company account is the only voice — no founder face, name, or DMs.
Platform rule
Anonymity rule: no founder face / voice / name. Lead with the job — a credible, plain-English shortlist — never with code or quant framing. Several handles are flagged unverified; confirm before any outreach.
Engagement status · 100 entries
25
Engage
Active engagement layer — we reply with a translated data point or pitch a complementary data angle.
50
Watch
Monitoring — we read the signal and reply only when one translated data point genuinely fits.
0
Hold
Engagement paused. Listed for transparency.
25
Read
Read-only consumption. Awareness and ground-truth, no engagement layer.
0
Blocked
Cannot engage — platform constraint, anonymity rule, or policy.
The literal roster
Sorted by attention priority (top of list = most active surface). Engage-tagged entries are where the Tue / Fri cycle lives.
CB Insights — market maps / deal data for corp-dev. Pitch a complementary acceleration chart.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
PitchBook — PE/VC deal data, corp-dev-native. Offer an angle they don't cover.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Crunchbase — company/deal data. Complementary pre-announce acceleration signal.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Sacra — private-company research for buyers. Translated-data partnership.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Public Comps — SaaS comps for PE/corp-dev. Pair acceleration with comps.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Meritech — SaaS comps data, widely used by buyers. Complementary data.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Tracxn — private-market deal data. Complementary signal angle.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Dealroom — market intelligence for buyers. Data-angle pitch.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Contrary Research — private-company memos. Translated signal source.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Gartner — category analysts; the 'worth a meeting' lens. Category-momentum view.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Forrester — enterprise category analysis. Data-contribution angle.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Bessemer — State of the Cloud benchmarks. Cite their index with our data.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Battery — OpenCloud enterprise benchmark reports. Complementary benchmark.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Scale Venture Partners — SaaS metrics benchmarks. Benchmark angle.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
ICONIQ Growth — GTM/SaaS benchmarks for PE/corp-dev. Translated contribution.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Sapphire Ventures — enterprise benchmark reports. Benchmark partnership.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Dan Primack — Axios Pro Rata. The M&A/deals newsletter; offer an exclusive translated data point.
Eric Newcomer — Newcomer. VC/deals insider; be a source on pre-announce traction.
The Information — premium deal/tech reporting. Data-exclusive pitch.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
StrictlyVC — daily VC/deals audience. Guest data piece.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Axios Pro Rata (newsletter) — the deals desk. Recurring data sidebar pitch.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Fortune — Term Sheet M&A/deals newsletter. Data point for a mention.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Kate Clark — deals reporter. Translated-signal source.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Teddy Schleifer — Puck. Money/deals reporting; source on a deal trend.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Biz Carson — startup/deals reporter. Translated-data source.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Jessica Lessin — The Information. Deal-media leadership; data exclusive.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Puck — business/money insider audience. Source on a deal trend.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Bloomberg — M&A/markets reach. Data-story pitch (high bar).
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
WSJ (Pro / Deals) — corp-dev/PE readership. Exclusive data only.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Axios — business/tech deal coverage. Pro Rata data angle.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
TechCrunch — funding/deal coverage. Trend-data source.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
CNBC — markets/deals, exec audience. Translated trend data.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Jamin Ball — Clouded Judgement. Public-SaaS metrics; corp-dev/PE bible. Pair our signal with his comps.
Kyle Poyar — Growth Unhinged. GTM/PLG benchmarks for operators. Translated benchmark cut.
SaaStr (org) — the SaaS-exec watering hole. Data contribution to a SaaStr piece.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Peter Walker — Carta. Startup/market data, business-framed. Complementary acceleration data.
Jason Lemkin — SaaStr. SaaS business to a massive exec audience. 'Worth a meeting' framing.
Hiten Shah — SaaS metrics/products. Business-framed signal.
Patrick Campbell — ex-ProfitWell. Pricing/retention metrics. Translated traction angle.
Lenny Rachitsky — product/business to the operators who buy. Shortlist-style insight.
Gokul Rajaram — board/operator, corp-dev adjacent. High-bar translated data.
Dave Gerhardt — Exit Five. B2B exec/marketing audience. Business-language signal.
Brian Balfour — Reforge. Growth strategy for operators. Benchmark angle.
April Dunford — positioning/category for buyers. 'Which category is heating up' framing.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Ben Murray — The SaaS CFO. SaaS metrics for finance/corp-dev. Translated metric angle.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
David Cancel — Drift. B2B exec operator. Translated trend data.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Andrew Chen — a16z. Growth business essays. Translated-data engagement.
Tom Loverro — IVP. Macro/SaaS market commentary. Deal-relevant data point.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Tomasz Tunguz — Theory Ventures. Data-driven SaaS/cloud posts. Provide a benchmark cut he'd reshare.
Auren Hoffman — World of DaaS. Data-as-a-business; corp-dev/PE audience. Translated dataset angle.
Matt Turck — FirstMark (MAD landscape). Market-map thinking for buyers. Category-momentum view.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Ben Thompson — Stratechery. The canonical tech→business translator; corp-dev/PE read him daily.
Packy McCormick — Not Boring. Strategy narratives for investor/operator readers.
Mario Gabriele — The Generalist. Long-form company/strategy analysis.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Benedict Evans — macro tech analysis for execs/boards.
Horace Dediu — disruption/business analysis.
Byrne Hobart — The Diff. Finance × tech for sophisticated allocators. Deal-relevant data point.
Elad Gil — High Growth Handbook. Operator/board business framing.
Dan Shipper — Every. AI-for-operators, business lens.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Sarah Tavel — Benchmark. Marketplace/business essays.
Hunter Walk — Homebrew. Business-of-startups commentary. Shortlist-style reply.
Eric Stromberg — Bedrock. Business memos for allocators.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Nathan Baschez — Every/Lex. Business-of-software writing.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Scott Galloway — business-of-tech to a huge exec audience. Read; mega-reach.
Om Malik — veteran tech-business analyst. Read.
Chris Dixon — a16z. Big-audience business essays. Read.
Patrick O'Shaughnessy — Colossus. Sophisticated investor/PE audience. Offer a translated dataset angle.
Quartr — IR/earnings business intel. Translated data partnership angle.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
The Transcript — earnings-call business signal. Complementary private-co signal.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Andrew Wilkinson — Tiny. Acquisitions/holdco; corp-dev mindset. 'Who's worth acquiring' framing.
Nick Huber — acquisitions/operating audience. Translated traction signal.
Bill Gurley — Benchmark. Deal/market commentary, exec-trusted. High-bar translated data.
Brad Gerstner — Altimeter. Growth/public-markets; corp-dev relevant. Deal-relevant data.
Joe Lonsdale — 8VC. Enterprise/PE-adjacent. Business-language data.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Michael Mauboussin — valuation/strategy; PE/corp-dev gold. Data on durable advantage.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
10-K Diver — financial analysis for operators. Plain-English signal explainer.
Morgan Housel — Collab Fund. Finance/business, broad trust. Business-framed insight.
Modest Proposal — public-markets/business analysis. Deal-relevant data.
Alex Morris — company business analysis. Translated traction angle.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Jim O'Shaughnessy — Infinite Loops. Markets/business; operator audience.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Fabrice Grinda — FJ Labs. M&A/marketplace dealmaking. 'Worth a look' data.
Rohit Krishnan — Strange Loop Canon. Business strategy essays. Translated trend data.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Anthony Pompliano — markets/deals; broad reach. Business-framed signal.
Chamath Palihapitiya — deals/PE-ish business takes. Read; mega-reach.
Mark Suster — Upfront. VC business essays. Translated-data engagement.
Semil Shah — Haystack. Early-stage business commentary. Translated signal.
Logan Bartlett — Redpoint. Market/deal commentary + pod. Deal-relevant data.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Erik Torenberg — Turpentine. Business-pod network. Feed a translated data segment.
Jason Calacanis — deals/startup business, huge reach. Business-framed signal.
Keith Rabois — operator/deal takes. High-bar data only.
Ben Horowitz — a16z. Business-of-building audience. Translated angle.
Marc Andreessen — mega-reach business/tech takes. High-bar only.
Fred Destin — Stride. VC business commentary (EU). Business-framed data.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Bryce Roberts — business-of-funding takes. Shortlist framing.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
a16z (firm) — enterprise/business research reach. Cite their thesis with our data.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Sequoia (firm) — market-defining business content. Complementary data.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
GV (firm) — enterprise deal audience. Translated angle.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
Greylock (firm) — enterprise/business reach. Data contribution.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
IVP (firm) — growth-stage deal audience. Benchmark angle.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
General Catalyst (firm) — enterprise/health/deal reach. Translated data.
Handle unverified — confirm before outreach.
How to use this roster
We don’t guard our infiltration plan because it doesn’t scale by secrecy — it scales by repetition. If you want to mirror the same X / Twitterattention map, that’s net positive: the conversation gets denser, the dataset gets cleaner, and the answer to the same question on each platform converges. We’ll still ship the free Acceleration Watch on Mondays.
The X / Twitter roster is regenerated quarterly. Status flags update weekly when engagement state changes. Companion mixed list at /target-list.