About

About Cool People Stories

A curated directory of cool people, and stories about them you will not find on Wikipedia.

Who gets in

There is no submission form and no sponsorship. Everyone here was picked because they were interesting enough to write about.

They come from all walks of life, with followings that run from a few hundred to a few million. Most are not famous yet.

What is on a page

A headline, how they got here, what they have shipped, the facts, and a short FAQ. Most people here have a day job and a second thing, and the second thing is usually why they are on the site.

The stories take a side. That is the whole difference.

Start with the directory

By what they do: Indie hackers, Builders, Creators, Designers and artists.

Open the Cool People Stories directory, or jump to Lucy Blakiston, Aditya Agarwal, KP, Yasser Elsaid, Abhishek Chaudhary, Gary Vaynerchuk, Greg Isenberg, Simon Sinek, Andrew Tattersall, Joseph Carlson, Karthik, Mia McGrath, Nadya Okamoto, Rand Fishkin, Rob Hoffman, Abhinav Asthana, Abhishek Chakravarty, Akash Mukherjee, Alex Lieberman, Arvid Kahl, Brendan, Caroline Zook, Carson Scott, Catherine Goetze, Chase Engelbrecht, Colleen Yu, Danielle Baskin, David Heinemeier Hansson, Davis Baer, Francesco D'Alessio, Ian Mitchell, Jack Friks, Jesse Hanley, Jonathan Graham, Jordan Rogers, Kamal Kannan, Kat Espinosa, Livio Bolzon, Lois van Baarle, Marc Lou, Mark Pincus, Milly Tamati, Mirza Beširović, Nadieh Bremer, Pieter Levels, Sachin Kamath, Sally Huang, Shirley Wu, Shruti Gandhi, Steph Smith, Susie Lu, Tobi Lütke, Tony Dinh, Tushar Madan, Wassim Khouas, Yasmin Saira, Younes Ferradji, Zara Zhang, Jason Zook, Mackenzie Child, Tom Orbach, Jeff Li.