Circle-Creator: Rob Gordon

2012-04-18 18:49:23

440 Profiles, 73 Reshares, 67 +1's, 113 Comments

*Entrepreneurs, Self-Employed & Small Business OwnersUPDATED SHARED CIRCLE: Part 1 of 2: A ...*Entrepreneurs, Self-Employed & Small Business Owners

UPDATED SHARED CIRCLE: Part 1 of 2: A through L (by last name).

Link to Part (M-Z):         http://goo.gl/0Fcg1
Link to Supplemental 1: http://goo.gl/AXXrW
Link to Supplemental 2: http://goo.gl/TZKKe
Like to Supplemental 3: http://goo.gl/3x6hI

NOTE:  This circle is no longer maintained in its present form but is still a good place to start if you are looking for entrepreneurs to follow and connect with here.  It has mostly been replace with a Google+ community of the same name that you can find at http://goo.gl/ejG9P
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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 disclaimer 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 second part of this list:
LINK TO PART II (M-Z):

Hashtags:

#business, #entrepreneurs, #sharedcircles, #smallbusiness, #startup

Open Circle on Google+

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  1. Roger Heslop
    United StatesTwitter

    3,314 followers
    148 following


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    1 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    3 +1's per posting

  2. Followers on 04/17/2012: 2,906
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 2,985
    Follower difference: 79 (2.72 %)
  3. Laura Lake
    United StatesTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    3,263 followers
    553 following


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  4. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,459
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,532
    Follower difference: 73 (5.00 %)
  5. Jim Hays
    United StatesTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    3,252 followers
    1,686 following


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    0 reshares per posting
    2 +1's per posting

  6. Followers on 04/17/2012: 2,294
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 2,357
    Follower difference: 63 (2.75 %)
  7. David Alexander
    TwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    3,248 followers
    0 following


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  8. Followers on 04/17/2012: 2,663
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 2,746
    Follower difference: 83 (3.12 %)
  9. Gerald Ferreira
    South AfricaTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    3,247 followers
    3,214 following


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    2 +1's per posting

  10. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,630
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,684
    Follower difference: 54 (3.31 %)
  11. Marty Bluet

    3,220 followers
    0 following


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    0 reshares per posting
    5 +1's per posting

  12. Alan Hoffman

    3,199 followers
    98 following


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    1 reshares per posting
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  13. Followers on 04/17/2012: 2,366
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 2,444
    Follower difference: 78 (3.30 %)
  14. Jeffrey Calannio
    United StatesTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    3,170 followers
    0 following


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  15. Followers on 04/17/2012: 2,650
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 2,722
    Follower difference: 72 (2.72 %)
  16. Leonard Gibson
    LinkedIn

    3,112 followers
    0 following


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  17. Followers on 04/17/2012: 2,202
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 2,258
    Follower difference: 56 (2.54 %)
  18. Peter Daams
    AustraliaTwitter

    3,088 followers
    0 following


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    0 reshares per posting
    1 +1's per posting

  19. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,647
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,776
    Follower difference: 129 (7.83 %)
  20. Chris Brown
    United StatesTwitterFacebook

    3,081 followers
    3,632 following


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  21. Followers on 04/17/2012: 2,002
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 2,083
    Follower difference: 81 (4.05 %)
  22. Meagan Cignoli
    TwitterFacebook

    3,080 followers
    0 following


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    0 reshares per posting
    1 +1's per posting

  23. Jacob Johnston
    United States

    3,079 followers
    0 following


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  24. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,478
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,563
    Follower difference: 85 (5.75 %)
  25. Jason BuntingVerified in Google
    United StatesTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    2,998 followers
    886 following


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    0 reshares per posting
    3 +1's per posting

  26. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,500
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,563
    Follower difference: 63 (4.20 %)
  27. Thomas Ledbetter
    United StatesFacebookLinkedIn

    2,974 followers
    4,836 following


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    1 reshares per posting
    3 +1's per posting

  28. Followers on 04/17/2012: 2,183
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 2,267
    Follower difference: 84 (3.85 %)
  29. Patrick Healy
    United States

    2,941 followers
    0 following


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    2 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    2 +1's per posting

  30. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,456
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,527
    Follower difference: 71 (4.88 %)
  31. Michiel Jonker
    TwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    2,937 followers
    3,889 following


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  32. Followers on 04/17/2012: 2,018
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 2,101
    Follower difference: 83 (4.11 %)
  33. Steve Jones
    United KingdomTwitter

    2,933 followers
    2,172 following


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  34. Followers on 04/17/2012: 2,500
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 2,589
    Follower difference: 89 (3.56 %)
  35. Theresa Delgado
    TwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    2,919 followers
    0 following


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    0 reshares per posting
    3 +1's per posting

  36. Philip Johnson
    United StatesTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    2,915 followers
    0 following


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  37. Greg Krajewski
    United StatesTwitter

    2,879 followers
    0 following


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  38. Followers on 04/17/2012: 2,442
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 2,520
    Follower difference: 78 (3.19 %)
  39. Angela Criser
    United StatesTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    2,832 followers
    0 following


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    0 reshares per posting
    1 +1's per posting

  40. Followers on 04/17/2012: 2,295
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 2,361
    Follower difference: 66 (2.88 %)
  41. Julie Fogg
    TwitterLinkedIn

    2,797 followers
    578 following


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    0 reshares per posting
    1 +1's per posting

  42. Followers on 04/17/2012: 2,304
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 2,383
    Follower difference: 79 (3.43 %)
  43. Howard Finfer

    2,795 followers
    1,153 following


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    0 reshares per posting
    1 +1's per posting

  44. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,212
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,274
    Follower difference: 62 (5.12 %)
  45. Keith Barrows
    United StatesTwitter

    2,778 followers
    3,190 following


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    1 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    1 +1's per posting

  46. Followers on 04/17/2012: 1,303
    Followers on 04/19/2012: 1,379
    Follower difference: 76 (5.83 %)

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