Circle-Creator: Rob Gordon

2012-04-18 18:51:01

373 Profiles, 35 Reshares, 59 +1's, 89 Comments

Entrepreneurs, Self-Employed & Small Business OwnersUPDATED SHARED CIRCLE: Part 2 of 2: M ...Entrepreneurs, Self-Employed & Small Business Owners
UPDATED SHARED CIRCLE: Part 2 of 2: M through Z (by last name).

This is the most recent update to the popular "entrepreneurs" circle that posted a few months ago. As you can see, it has gotten bigger than 500 people so I have had to split it alphabetically into two parts. These two circles includes the self employed, small business owners, independent contractors, small startup companies and pretty much anyone trying to make it outside of the traditional economy.

This is different from the other business circles of this type in that it doesn't include too many of the "celebrity entrepreneurs" and instead has mostly people with their own business or venture. There are more than 800 people here, but this has been reviewed extensively since it was last published -lots of fantastic new people have been added, and some have been dropped - mostly because they don't interact much. The end result is a circle of really awesome business people who actively interact with others here and have a small business or entreprenueral mindset.

This is a really diverse group and includes entrepreneurs of all stripes - some have well established ventures and are wildly successful, others are just getting started and haven't made it yet. As can be expected, it is a little tech heavy, but represents most industries and many different types of business. There are even a handful of people here who have traditional jobs, but seem to have an interest in small business issues and always seem welcome to help entrepreneurial efforts. The people in these circles post all manner of things - not just business, but all are smart and interesting people so I recommend that you check this out.

I do want to add the disclamer that this is in no way "definitive" - there are millions of entrepreneurs on Google+ and this is just a tiny fraction of them - the ones I have curated. It seems that about two seconds after I publish this I always remember someone I should have included so just me know if you think you should be here. I republish this periodically and generally add everyone who comments on the post.

As with all circles of this size I would use some discretion in adding this - either update your existing circle, pick and choose the ones you like or use these as a trial circles - whatever works for you. I'm not even sure Google will let you add all this many names at once so you may have to come back if you want to add all of them. The technology for this is not perfect, but I am trying to do my part to help build a highly interconnected community of entrepreneurs here on Google+.


I hope you find the people in this circle interesting.

Rob

Reshares welcome and appreciated


IMPORTANT: You don't want to follow people based on where their last name fits in the alphabit do you? Make sure you also take a look at the first part of this list:
LINK TO PART I (A-L):http://goo.gl/VLoYH

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Open Circle on Google+

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  1. Robin Wiesneth
    United StatesFacebookLinkedIn

    2,671 followers
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    2 +1's per posting

  2. Followers on 04/17/2012: 2,416
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 2,463
    Follower difference: 47 (1.95 %)
  3. John McDonnellVerified in Google
    United StatesTwitterFacebook

    2,542 followers
    4,376 following


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  4. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,451
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,504
    Follower difference: 53 (3.65 %)
  5. Fred Plimley
    TwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    2,507 followers
    3,309 following


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  6. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,916
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,987
    Follower difference: 71 (3.71 %)
  7. Mark Rosser
    United Kingdom

    2,500 followers
    1,615 following


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  8. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,131
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,193
    Follower difference: 62 (5.48 %)
  9. Cyndi Smith
    TwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    2,487 followers
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  10. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,105
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,177
    Follower difference: 72 (6.52 %)
  11. Bruce Shilander
    United States

    2,467 followers
    171 following


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  12. Followers on 04/17/2012: 2,066
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 2,126
    Follower difference: 60 (2.90 %)
  13. Rick Noel
    United StatesTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    2,452 followers
    4,789 following


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  14. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,057
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,112
    Follower difference: 55 (5.20 %)
  15. Silver Suurvarik
    Estonia

    2,443 followers
    0 following


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  16. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,709
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,820
    Follower difference: 111 (6.50 %)
  17. Julia Mcdaid
    United KingdomTwitterFacebook

    2,432 followers
    4,111 following


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  18. Kalvi Tiido
    FranceTwitterFacebook

    2,430 followers
    4,270 following


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  19. Followers on 04/17/2012: 2,346
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 2,407
    Follower difference: 61 (2.60 %)
  20. John Prim

    2,428 followers
    1,392 following


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  21. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,264
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,318
    Follower difference: 54 (4.27 %)
  22. Ansel Taft
    United States

    2,353 followers
    646 following


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  23. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,810
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,872
    Follower difference: 62 (3.43 %)
  24. Liz Tufte
    United StatesTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    2,333 followers
    772 following


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  25. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,494
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,562
    Follower difference: 68 (4.55 %)
  26. Phillip Rhodes
    United StatesTwitterFacebook

    2,327 followers
    1,468 following


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  27. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,956
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 2,025
    Follower difference: 69 (3.53 %)
  28. William Volk
    United StatesFacebook

    2,318 followers
    3,566 following


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  29. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,623
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,690
    Follower difference: 67 (4.13 %)
  30. Kimberlee Ferrell
    TwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    2,317 followers
    2,825 following


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  31. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,539
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,613
    Follower difference: 74 (4.81 %)
  32. Naren Mangtani
    United States

    2,285 followers
    1,567 following


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  33. kim smith
    LinkedIn

    2,279 followers
    924 following


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  34. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,854
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,910
    Follower difference: 56 (3.02 %)
  35. Natalie Shafer

    2,263 followers
    4,305 following


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  36. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,745
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,814
    Follower difference: 69 (3.95 %)
  37. Kyle Thompson
    United StatesTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    2,223 followers
    0 following


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    2 reshares per posting
    4 +1's per posting

  38. Uriah Maynard
    United States

    2,212 followers
    750 following


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  39. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,955
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 2,002
    Follower difference: 47 (2.40 %)
  40. Fred F. Meijer
    NetherlandsTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    2,173 followers
    2,709 following


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  41. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,602
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,660
    Follower difference: 58 (3.62 %)
  42. Wendy Marx
    United StatesTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    2,155 followers
    961 following


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  43. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,287
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,360
    Follower difference: 73 (5.67 %)
  44. Denise OBerryVerified in Google
    TwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    2,139 followers
    0 following


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  45. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,211
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,279
    Follower difference: 68 (5.62 %)
  46. Vernessa Taylor
    Twitter

    2,130 followers
    0 following


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  47. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,714
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,766
    Follower difference: 52 (3.03 %)

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