Well, maybe one approach would be to search Hacker News for popular tech companies and see names of people at the company and then e-mail them? Ethical? I dunno

Well, maybe one approach would be to search Hacker News for popular tech companies and see names of people at the company and then e-mail them? Ethical? I dunno. Attention grabbing? Probably. Dropbox. E-Mail Drew Houston. Twitter/Square. E-Mail Jack Dorsey. Google. E-Mail Kevin Rose. I dont't know how much this would help but maybe worth a try... Kevin Rose also does a Foundation Podcast, a bunch of which are here in the bay area. Maybe review those for potential people to contact.