There are not so many venture capital firms on the online social network, in fact, many of them do not like to be found by “normal public” so easily. I prefer to believe “they d like to keep mystery to allure more people”. However, the good trend is everyday a few more seem to show up in the web2  social network, i.e. twitter.

Want to know what VCs are doing and what kind of projects they may choose?  Wish to propose your new business plan to these censorious investors? – by digesting their writings, tweets and ramblings, you can understand how these guys think and then you can improve your odds of success during a pitch meeting.

The very original list is based on  Larry Rubin and added to by Jasmine Antonick– full credit where credit is due. I once made a similar list before, now I will make this latest list, you can mass follow them in one click.

1. Guy Kawasaki, Garage Technology Ventures @guykawasaki
2. Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures @fredwilson
3. David Hornik, August Capital @davidhornik
4. Brad Feld, Foundry Group @bfeld
5. Marc Andreesen, n/a @pmarcablog
6. Josh Kopelman, First Round Capital @joshk
7. Ed Sim, Dawntreader Ventures @edsim
8. Jeremy Liew, Lightspeed Ventures Partners @jeremysliew
9. Bill Gurley, Benchmark Capital @bgurley
10. Jeff Nolan, SAP Ventures @jeffnolan
11. Christopher Allen, Alacrity Ventures @ChristopherA
12. Seth Levine, Foundry Group @sether
13. Jeff Bussgang, Flybridge Capital Partners @bussgang
14. Mike Hirshland, Polaris Venture Partners @VCMike
15. Jeff Clavier, SoftTech VC @Jeff
16. Mendelson/Feld, Foundry Group @jasonmendelson @bfeld
17. Paul Kedrosky, Ventures West @pkedrosky
18. Jason Caplain, Southern Capitol Ventures @jcaplain
19. Nic Brisbourne, Esprit Capital Partners @brisbourne
20. Jason Mendelson, Foundry Group @jasonmendelson
21. Ryan McIntyre, Foundry Group @ryan_mcintyre
22. Howard Morgan, First Round Capital @HLMorgan
23. Raj Kapoor, Mayfield Fund @Rajil
24. Christine Herron, First Round Capital @christine
25. Fred Destin, Atlas Venture @fdestin
26. Saul Klein, Index Ventures @cape
27. Vineet Buch, BlueRun Ventures @VineetBuch
28. Andrew Parker, Union Square Ventures @andrewparker
29. Bijan Sabet, Spark Capital @bijan
30. Rob Finn, Edison Venture @robfinn
31. Marc Goldberg, Occam Capital @MarcGoldberg
32. Daniel Cohen, Israel Venture Partners @coheda
33. James Chen, CXO Ventures @cxo
34. David Aronoff, Flybridge Capital Partners @dba
35. Max Bleyleben, Kennet Partners @mbleyleben
36. Jeremy Levine, Bessemer Venture Partners @jeremyl
37. Jason Ball, Qualcomm Ventures Europe @jasonball
38. Mark Peter Davis, DFJ Gotham Ventures @markpeterdavis
39. Rob Hayes, First Round Capital @robhayes
40. Michael Eisenberg, Benchmark Capital @mikeeisenberg
41. Chris Fralic, First Round Capital @chrisfralic
42. Sagi Rubin, Virgin Green Fund @sagirubin
43. Richard Dale, Sigma Partners @rdale
44. John Ludwig, Ignition Partners @jhludwig
45. Dan Rua, Inflexion Partners @danrua
46. Steve Brotman, Silicon Alley Venture Partners @stevebrotman
47. Larry Cheng, Fidelity Ventures @larryvc
48. Martin Tobias, Ignition Partners @ministeroforder
49. Matt Winn, Chrysalis Ventures @mattwinn
50. Sarah Tavel, Bessemer Venture Partners @adventurista
51. Stewart Alsop, Alsop-Louie Partners @salsop
52. Rich Tong, Ignition Partners @richtong
53. George Zachary, Charles River Ventures @georgezachary
54. Rob Go, Spark Capital @robgo
55. Rachel Strate, EPIC Ventures @WasatchGirl
56. Sid Mohasseb, Tech Coast Angels @sidmohasseb
57. Mo Koyfman, Spark Capital @mokoyfman
58. Rob Day, @Ventures @cleantechvc
59. Marc Averitt, Okapi Venture Capital @OCVC
60. Michael Greeley, Flybridge Capital Partners @FlybridgeCap
61. Ted Driscoll, Claremont Creek Ventures @easydjr
62. Santo Politi, Spark Capital @santopoliti
63. David Dufresne, JLA Ventures @DavidDufresne
64. Todd Klein, Legend Ventures @tdklein
65. Max Niederhofer, Atlas Venture @maxniederhofer
66. Vinit Nijhawan, Key Venture Partners @vinit44
67. Multiple Authors, Brightspark Ventures @MarkSkapinker @Sophiebspark @antman102
68. Rob Schultz, IllinoisVENTURES @crobtri
69. Ouriel Ohayon, Lightspeed Gemini Internet Lab @OurielOhayon
70. Brian Hirsch, Greenhill SAVP @hirschb
71. Larry Marcus, Walden Venture Capital @cyberlar
72. Kent Goldman, First Round Capital @kentgoldman
73. Larry Marcus, Walden Venture Capital @cyberlar
74. TechCoastAngles @techcoastangels
75. Bryce Roberts, OATV @bryce
76. Howard Lindzon, Knight’s Bridge Capital @howardlindzon
77. Sequoia Capital @Sequoia_Capital
78. True Ventures @trueventures
79. Founders Fund via Dave McClure @davemcclure
80. Mark Suster, GRP Partners @msuster
81. New Atlantic Ventures: Tim Rowe, @rowe; Steve Marcus, @smarcus; John Backus, @jcbackus
    Thanasis Delistathis, @tdelistathis

What a pity, I have to give up the chance to see TEDxBeijing for my personal reason! I once imagined I would have a fabulous meeting with so many great people. Oh…

Best wishes to TEDxBeijing.

I read these tips and quite useful, not only for TED, you can try these in public speech.

These 10 tips are the heart of a great TEDTalk.

1. Dream big. Strive to create the best talk you have ever given. Reveal something never seen before. Do something the audience will remember forever. Share an idea that could change the world.
2. Show us the real you. Share your passions, your dreams … and also your fears. Be vulnerable. Speak of failure as well as success.
3. Make the complex plain. Don’t try to dazzle intellectually. Don’t speak in abstractions. Explain! Give examples. Tell stories. Be specific.
4. Connect with people’s emotions. Make us laugh! Make us cry!
5. Don’t flaunt your ego. Don’t boast. It’s the surest way to switch everyone off.
6. No selling from the stage! Unless we have specifically asked you to, do not talk about your company or organization. And don’t even think about pitching your products or services or asking for funding from stage.
7. Feel free to comment on other speakers, to praise or to criticize. Controversy energizes! Enthusiastic endorsement is powerful!
8. If possible, don’t read your talk. Notes are fine. But if the choice is between reading or rambling, then read!
9. You must end your talk on time. Doing otherwise is to steal time from the people that follow you. We won’t allow it.
10. Rehearse your talk in front of a trusted friend … for timing, for clarity, for impact.

I see another interesting public speech rules in this ancient way

1. Thou Shalt Not Simply Trot Out thy Usual Shtick
2. Thou Shalt Dream a Great Dream, or Show Forth a Wondrous New Thing, Or Share Something Thou Hast Never Shared Before
3. Thou Shalt Reveal thy Curiosity and Thy Passion
4. Thou Shalt Tell a Story
5. Thou Shalt Freely Comment on the Utterances of Other Speakers for the Skae of Blessed Connection and Exquisite Controversy
6. Thou Shalt Not Flaunt thine Ego. Be Thou Vulnerable. Speak of thy Failure as well as thy Success.
7. Thou Shalt Not Sell from the Stage: Neither thy Company, thy Goods, thy Writings, nor thy Desparate need for Funding; Lest Thou be Cast Aside into Outer Darkness.
8. Thou Shalt Remember all the while: Laughter is Good.
9. Thou Shalt Not Read thy Speech.
10. Thou Shalt Not Steal the Time of Them that Follow Thee