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Startup L. Jackson revealed to be Parker Thompson, a VC who works for AngelList

Unmasking Startup L. Jackson, Silicon Valley's Favorite Twitter Persona  —  The anonymous tech personality is a venture capitalist but not any of the ones people thought.  —  Startup L. Jackson didn't even say goodbye. Tweets: @timoreilly , @frumpy , @adambain , @marshallk , @pt , @erickschonfeld , @semil and @ryanlawler Tweets: Tim O'Reilly / @timoreilly : I have always loved @pt But now I'm in awe! http://www.bloomberg.com/... Adam Corey / @frumpy : I cannot believe this secret held so long. Never heard anyone guess properly. http://twitter.com/... Adam Bain / @adambain : This confirms @hunterwalk is not @StartupLJackson. But is @hunterwalk really @pt? Wld be best head-fake of all time. http://www.bloomberg.com/... Marshall Kirkpatrick / @marshallk : Oh man, I don't want to know who Startup L Jackson is! http://www.techmeme.com/... Parker Thompson / @pt : @ryanlawler @StartupLJackson @parkerconrad “I think they're close, they know it's a guy named Parker” was an actual call I got. Erick Schonfeld / @erickschonfeld : It was better not knowing, RIP SLJ: Unmasking Startup L. Jackson, Silicon Valley's Favorite Twitter Persona http://bloom.bg/22p8lwg @semil : The best part of @StartupLJackson (now @PT) is that it demonstrated how humor, wit, brevity, and ideas can win on Twitter. Ryan Lawler / @ryanlawler : Funny story: at some point someone told me @StartupLJackson was @parkerconrad and I spent 3 weeks investigating http://www.bloomberg.com/...

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