Spinnakr's hot new shades: All the cool kids are doing it.

Zvi Band of Contactually

Zvi is the CEO of Contactually and runs Proudly Made in DC alongside Spinnakr's Michael Mayernick. There are few things more cuddly than a combination of Zvi and his dog Astro.

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Dick Brouwer of Tiny Post

Dick is the tech brains and founder behind the greatest iPhone app in the universe, Tiny Post, and the new father of the little munchkin sporting our swag.

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Kevin Lenane of Veenome

Kevin runs Veenome, a big-data startup and shares a floor with us, making him our startup husband. He's "a star that shines so bright you can't look directly at him," in the opinion of some of the visitors to our office.

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Maneesh Arora of MightyText

Maneesh a fan favorite mentor at 500 and creator of one of our favorite apps. He spends late nights in Palo Alto wearing shades, diagraming functions on whiteboards, and making large bets with twenty-somethings that he almost always loses.

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Justin Kline of Markerly

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Rotimi, Ben and Caroline of Novation

The Novations peeps are looking good while doing good - delivering broadband access to underserved and unconnected communities, while rocking out in some sweet shades.

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Pat of Spectre Visual

Pat's the mythical sea creature behind Spectre Visual, but sometimes he ventures onto land, and when he does, he sports our shades.

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@GulnaraDC of DC Nightowls

Gulnara is bonafide DCtech celebrity. Find her mostly between the hours of 2 and 4am, hosting events, doing interviews, and travelling the world.

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Sarah Ware of Markerly

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The Dudes of PostRocket

These guys run PostRocket, a Facebook post optimization company. They're truly space-age whiz kids when it comes to hacking social networks, and considering how nerdy they are, they're also extraordinarily cool dudes and great friends.

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Aaron Silverman of Doodle or Die

Aaron is the creator of Doodle of Die, one of the most loved, addictive, awesomely fun games on the internet. Mad props for taking his Spinnakr love to the slopes of Colorado.

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Allen Gannett of EmployInsight

Allen runs marketing for EmployInsight, writes for TNW, is a partner at Acceleprise, and yet you never see him sweat. It's fitting that even sporting our shades he's tied to a laptop.

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Nick Barron of Flypt

Nick's an awesome guy who hustled his way into our hearts, and is quickly becoming a player in the broader DCtech community. We have a lot of faith in this guy.

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Adam Broadway of Adobe Business Catalyst

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Laura Castaneda of Gizmo.com

Laura doubles as the co-founder of Gizmo.com and cover-girl on Malibu magazine. In other words, she's smart AND sexy enough to sport our shades.

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Carl and Alexis of IntheCapital

Carl runs the show at InTheCapital with the help of Alexis. We bribe them with mountains of swag to continue writing articles ranking us as the "top muppets" in the DCtech scene. So far, so good.

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