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The top 10 accounts that innovators follow are:

1. Richard Branson (@richardbranson), founder of Virgin Group

2. Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), entrepreneur, investor and software engineer

3. Benedict Evans (@benedictevans), partner at Andreessen Horowitz

4. Glen Gilmore (@GlenGilmore), attorney and principle of Gilmore Business Network

5. Scott Kirsner (@ScottKirsner), Boston Globe columnist, and editor of Innovation Leader

6. Henry Blodget (@hblodget), editor, founder and CEO of Business Insider

7. Bill Gates (@BillGates), co-founder of Microsoft

8. Andrew McAfee (@amcafee), director of the Center for Digital Business at MIT’s Sloan School of Management

9. Sam Maule (@sammaule), manager at Carlisle & Gallagher Consulting Group and chief inspiration officer at Digital Finance Institute

10. David Birch (@dgwbirch), author and Consult Hyperion’s director

The top 10 publications from which innovators share content include YouTube, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, TechCrunch, The New York Times, Instagram, LinkedIn, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company and Twitter.

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