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NOTE: This circle is no longer maintained in its present form but is still a good place to start if you are looking for entrepreneurs to follow and connect with here.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
- Logan Cate


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