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title: 'The Hidden Founders Project: Highlighting amazing entrepreneurs outside of Silicon Valley'
date: '2020-05-28T09:49:26-07:00'
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  - 'nait jones'
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# The Hidden Founders Project: Highlighting amazing entrepreneurs outside of Silicon Valley

[Naithan Jones of Andreesen Horowitz](https://a16z.com/author/naithan-jones/) is starting a new research project that’s going to be of interest to most — if not all — founders around these parts. He’s calling it “The Hidden Founders Project.” And it’s an effort to highlight amazing entrepreneurs outside of Silicon Valley.

<https://twitter.com/NaithanJones/status/1266033464580726784>

> I’m looking to find and highlight founders of young companies you likely would not see in Silicon Valley. Novel business models. The company doesn’t have to be a tech companies, but has potential to be a big global national/global business. The business should have at least some traction (profits, users, etc.) even if at small scale. Help me find these hidden geniuses. Tell us about them/you?

Self nominating is encouraged and welcomed. So get on that.

For more information or to complete the nomination form, visit [The Hidden Founder Project](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDvrTqvYuAhKR3Mb8RmneDGNxGFq4njr09gOf0xuYFJt7lxw/viewform).

*\[[h/t Ryan Hoover](https://twitter.com/rrhoover/status/1266041653724278784)\]*