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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 07:53 AM PDT

Jason Nazar has made serving small businesses his business. He’s the founder and CEO of Docstoc, an online community for small-business owners to find and share professional documents. It serves as a vast repository of free and for purchase legal, business, financial, technical and educational docs — making it a key tool for startups.
Prior to launching Santa Monica-Calif.,-based Docstoc in 2007, Nazar was a partner in a venture consulting firm in Los Angeles where he worked with dozens of startups. He continues to foster innovation through his personal blog, where he regularly posts articles like "10 Lessons Startups Can Learn From Superheroes," and his monthly "Startups Uncensored" series.
Nazar who tweets under the handle @jasonnazar recognizes Twitter to be a powerful tool for startups. Here's his list of the top five people to follow for priceless startup insight.

@msuster
Followers: 33,731
Tweets: 9,859
After selling one of his two startups to Salesforce.com, Mark Suster became a venture capitalist and joined GRP Partners where he focuses on early-stage tech companies. He also founded Launchpad LA, a mentorship program designed to help the most promising Los Angeles-based companies get funding. His tweets give an insider's look into the world of VC; he also offers tech and advertising tips for startups.
Sample Tweet: Fun to read a short, real world example of integrated advertising lessons from @seanalex http://bit.ly/kVUYiP
@jason
Followers: 111,578
Tweets: 26,395
Jason Calacanis is founder of the popular how-to site, Mahalo.com. Based in Santa Monica, Calif., he also founded the Open Angel Forum, an event that connects early stage startups with angel investors. His Twitter feed is chock full of useful tech and gadget news for startups.
Sample Tweet: If you bought your iMac in last 12 months there’s no reason to upgrade to new iMac correct @gdgt? http://techme.me/BVVE
@mattcutts
Followers: 111,957
Tweets: 12,705
Matt Cutts is the head of Google's Webspam team and a search-engine optimization pro. Based in San Francisco, he primarily tweets about the latest Google product news, gadgets and SEO for startups.
Sample Tweet: The new version of Gingerbread has video chat built into Google Talk: http://goo.gl/ewEPc (Landscape mode is nice.)
@stevestrauss
Followers: 5,644
Tweets: 967
Steve Strauss is a Portland-based lawyer, USA Today columnist and author of The Small Business Bible. He's also the founder of MrAllBiz.com, a resource for all things small business. Strauss consistently tweets useful small business startup advice and news.
Sample Tweet: Finding the funding for your small business – USATODAY.com http://usat.ly/gR6vk8 via @USATODAY
@johnbattelle
Followers: 58,824
Tweets: 6,052
A journalist from Marin, Calif., John Battelle is one of the original founders of Wired magazine and the founder of The Industry Standard, a now shuttered biz-tech publication. He's also an authority on Web 2.0 and pens the popular tech and media resource, Searchblog. He treats his Twitter followers to a constant flow of startup, tech and social media news — along with a healthy dose of photos documenting his life.
Sample Tweet: Amex OPEN and FBook teaming up to help sm. biz – I’m judging. Submit your business for a Big Break here: http://on.fb.me/ieUjaZ

What Twitter feeds do you follow to keep up with Startups? Leave a comment and let us know.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Who are the 10 Most Connected People on LinkedIn?

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Who are the 10 Most Connected People on LinkedIn?

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 04:39 AM PDT

In honor of LinkedIn passing the 100 Million member mark this week, I thought I’d introduce you to the 10 most connected people on LinkedIn. Each of these members has at least 30,000 first-level connections. Ron’s got the most with more than 43K!

1. Ron Bates
Managing Principal, Executive Advantage Group, Inc.
San Francisco Bay Area
Staffing and Recruiting
Member #141450

2. Kenneth Warner Weinberg
Contract Sourcer / Recruiter
San Francisco Bay Area
Staffing and Recruiting
Member #3230844

3. Andrew ‘Flip’ Filipowski
Entrepreneur, World Renown Speaker & Philanthropist – CEO SilkRoad Equity
Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area
Information Technology and Services
Member #200407

4. Steven Burda, MBA
Senior Financial and Business Professional
Greater Philadelphia Area
Management Consulting
Member #5604666 <- How can this be? I’ve seen Steven on here forever!

5. Richard Atkind
Human Resources leader
Greater Boston Area
Human Resources
Member #196650

6. Wei Guan, FRM
VP, Application Architect at Barclays Capital
Greater New York City Area
Financial Services
Member #1686721

7. Marc Freedman
CEO/CMO ► Web 2.0/Digital-Social Media/Tech Visionary ► 35,000+
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
Internet
Member #5444337

8. Stan Orlowski
30K + Direct Connections ♦ ONA – Open Networkers Alliance
Orange County, California Area
Marketing and Advertising
Member #10066337

9. Stacy Donovan Zapar
Most Connected Woman on LinkedIn ♦ 30,000+ ♦ Tech Recruiter at Intuit
Greater San Diego Area
Computer Software
Member #460284

10. Kevin Wright
Senior Vice President, Strategy, Sales and Marketing at Meggitt Control Systems
Greater Los Angeles Area
Aviation & Aerospace
Member #54115
Most of these folks joined back in the early days and were one of the early adopters – within the first 1% of LinkedIn members. Kevin appears to be the earliest as Member #54115, which puts him in the first .05% if my math is correct! Wow.
Want to know YOUR member number? It’s the number embedded in your LinkedIn profile URL (after “id=”). For instance, here’s mine:
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=460284
Comment below and tell us YOUR member number! How has LinkedIn helped YOU since joining?

Stacy Donovan Zapar: San Diego, CA, United States; Most Connected Woman on LinkedIn ~ Blogging about Social Media, Recruiting, Networking and Job Search Tips & Tricks… Pay It Forward!

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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Great People to Follow on Twitter for Startups

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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Who are the 10 Most Connected People on LinkedIn?

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