30 Entrepreneurs to Follow on Twitter

November 12, 2008  |  By Eric Brantner  |  Articles   

Follow!
So, you have your Twitter account all setup and ready to go. One problem—you need people to follow. Here are 30 entrepreneurs to help you get started.

1. Rand Fishkin – CEO of SEOmoz, a Seattle based Internet marketing and search engine optimization firm. At 29 years old, Rand is a great example to young entrepreneurs.

2. Petri Darby- The “Chief Darn Officer” at Darby Darnit, a Houston PR firm.

3. Young Go Getter- The masterminds behind this amazing site you’re reading right now!

4. Dave Snyder- A leading expert in search and social media marketing. He is a Co-Founder of Search and Social.

5. Guy Kawasaki- A top entrepreneur, blogger, and venture capitalist. Has authored numerous books, and he contributes a
monthly column to Entrepreneur Magazine.

6. Jay Neely- Boston-based entrepreneur working on a news-related startup.

7. Sean Lindsay- Technologist, Entrepreneur, Builder, Creator, Connector.

8. 12seconds- A few nerds (their words, not mine) running a site that allows you to share 12 second video status updates with friends and family. A brilliant idea.

9. Marcelo Calbucci- Founder and CTO of Sampa. Moved to the US in 1998, and now runs his own business.

10. Beverly Davis- Runs a cosmetic company with uplifting, motivating, and inspiring products.

11. Eric Pennington-Eric Pennington is the Founder and Chief Idea Spreader for Epic Living, LLC. He is a passionate thought leader who writes and speaks about leadership training and other topics.

12. Chris Pund- A young entrepreneur running 2 web-based companies. Also, manages a blog for young entrepreneurs.

13. Jeremy Schooley- Internet marketer and young entrepreneur. COO at Digital Labz.

14. Thomson Chemmanoor- A social media marketing expert from Houston,TX. Founder of Digital Labz.

15. Drew M Griffin- Multi-preneur, Vlogger, and Blogger from PA.

16. Maiken Jepsen- Designer, work-at-home-mom, and owner of custom boutique clothing shop.

17. Stacy Stehle- Internet marketer and an independent associate with USANA health sciences.

18. Blaine Moore- Operates a coaching and publishing business in the running and fitness niche.

19. Shafiu- Co-founder and CEO of molv.com, a company that lets you stream live video from your phone to people throughout the world.

20. Daniel McClintock- Graphic designer, entrepreneur, internet marketer, and business owner.

21. Wes Wilson- Founder of IncSpring, a social marketplace for designers and entrepreneurs.

22. Rajesh Pancholi- Owner and operator of R27 Creativelab—a creative UK studio.

23. Jeff Heuer- NYC based web entrepreneur.

24. Tom Markiewicz- Entrepreneur and rock climber from Boulder, CO.

25. Sumaya Kazi- Founding and Executive Director of The Cultural Connect. Recognized by Business Week as one of the top young entrepreneurs.

26. Joann Sondy- Entrepreneur since 2000. Owner of Creative Aces, a design and digital imaging studio.

27. Richard McKay- Owner of startup zungalow.com.

28. Daniel Kehoe- Consultant for entrepreneurs that need a temporary/freelance CTO and blog.

29. Rick Myers- Founder/CEO of Talent Zoo, an online database where marketing and communications firms connect with talent.

30. JeanAnnVK- Entrepreneur, blogger, author, and social media consultant, among other things. The “Edgy Entrepreneur.”

Bonus: You can also follow me, Eric Brantner. I’m a freelance copywriter from Houston,TX.

Note: If you aren’t on the list, please add your Twitter info in the replies. I’d love to follow you!

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About the author, Eric Brantner
A freelance copywriter from Houston, TX, Eric is almost always working, and he loves every minute of it.

83 Comments

  1. Travis said on November 12, 2008   

    Great list, Eric. Quite a few gems in there.

  2. Justin Nowak said on November 12, 2008   

    Yea this is an awesome list and gave me some more people to follow.

    Awesome job!

  3. Eric said on November 12, 2008   

    Fiddlesticks, I didn’t make the list! :)

  4. Danh ba web 2.0 said on November 13, 2008   

    Great list. Thanks you very much
    Nice to meet you !

  5. Dave3 said on November 13, 2008   

    Appreciate the info. :D geeksofdoom on twitter.

  6. chris.pund said on November 13, 2008   

    Wow, thanks for including me on the list! This is great!

  7. Eric Brantner said on November 13, 2008   

    ATTENTION: If you aren’t on the list, add your Twitter info in the comments. I’d love to connect with all of you!

  8. LGR said on November 13, 2008   

    Good list. I follow some of those people. I have been trying to follow people more local to me. Nice to have some connections that are not all around the world all the time.

  9. Betsy MacKinnon said on November 13, 2008   

    Nice list. Hope to be on it next time! I’m the VP, Marketing and Communications at Inquisix– a Web 2.0 startup. We connect businesses to more business. Our roubst community of small business owners, sales people, and rainmakers use our technology to refer each other to new client and customer opportunities. Like traditional networking but more efficient and cost-effective– and it’s 24/7. Please check us out for future posts.

    Our Twitter name: Inquisix

    My Twitter name: TheBetsy

    Cheers. Look forward to tweeting!

  10. Thomson said on November 13, 2008   

    Great List to follow entrepreneur on Twitter. Thanks for including me in this list.

  11. Wilhelm Murdoch said on November 13, 2008   

    How could you forget a fellow YGGer? :(

    http://www.twitter.com/wilhelm

  12. Travis Wright said on November 13, 2008   

    Hey great list…

    Love connecting with fellow entrepreneurs.

    My company is an interactive ad network called http://www.advangel.com

    feel free to connect with me

    @teedubya http://twitter.com/teedubya

  13. Terri Zwierzynski said on November 13, 2008   

    Thanks for the list! I’ll be following you shortly; my twitter is TerriZSoloCEO and I am the owner of Solo-E.com, a site exclusively for Solo Entrepreneurs. I just started my next “career” as a freelance writer, so it’s nice to connect with someone who is already successful at that!

    In harmony,
    Terri Z
    http://www.twitter.com/TerriZSoloCEO

  14. Les Stockton said on November 13, 2008   

    http://www.twitter.com/les_stockton

    Great article. Lots of inspiring people to learn from.

  15. @JeanAnnVK said on November 13, 2008   

    thanks for thinking that I am anywhere near the entrepreneur that @guykawasaki is…that in and of itself is an honor. I had already found your site…love to support my fellow entrepreneurs, especially the next generation…Please do let me know if I can be of service…

  16. Kimberlee said on November 13, 2008   

    Great list! I can vouch for JeanAnnVK personally, she’s an awesome lady to work with, and she has a great twitter personality!

    I need to catch up on my followers, these tweeters all look fantastic!

    I am a freelance writer and blogger, you can check out my writing ability at http://www.freedomwriting.wordpress.com (soon to be http://www.freedomwriting.com) and see if I can be of service to you.

    You can follow me @kimferrell or http://www.twitter.com/kimferrell

    Thanks so much!

    Kimberlee

  17. Jason Billingsley said on November 13, 2008   

    30 year old software entrepreneur.
    8 yr old company w/ 100+ staff
    http://www.twitter.com/jbillingsley

  18. Mike A said on November 13, 2008   

    I actually know, talk and meet with two of them! Maiken and Drew Griffin – both local here in the Lehigh Valley. Maiken helped me with SEO on http://www.geteconow.com. Thanks for the great list.. Keep it up all!!

  19. Leesa Barnes said on November 13, 2008   

    Now you’ve added more people for me to follow. Great list as I’m following some of those people already. I’m actually to list some of my favs on my blog, but for now, follow me here:

    http://twitter.com/leesabarnes

  20. Ted Murphy said on November 13, 2008   

    This is a great list! Many of these people I already follow, but I found a few new gems.

    I’d love to be considered for your list.
    I am http://www.twitter.com/tedmurphy
    Founder/CEO of IZEA (and a few more companies)

  21. Miriam Kleinman said on November 13, 2008   

    I WILL make the list next time! It is great to see the others who have…congrats to them!

    President/CSO of Teava Skincare

    http://www.twitter.com/The_Teaologist

  22. Joe Mescher said on November 13, 2008   

    Eric! Hell of an article.

    The list hooked me from the moment I read the first name. Did everyone else add all these Twitterers?

    Room for one more: http://www.twitter.com/joemescher

    I’m on the list of: Twitter addicts not-so-anonymous!

  23. Anthony said on November 13, 2008   

    Thanks for sharing this list! My company is OneKlic. We’re changing the world through the power of search.

    twitter.com/oneklic
    http://www.oneklic.com

  24. Diane said on November 13, 2008   

    This is a great list. Glad to see some women on it! Personally I’m re-inventing myself. You’ll soon see what I’m up to. http://www.twitter.com/deestrada. Come follow me!

  25. Gerald Weber said on November 13, 2008   

    President of Search Engine Marketing Group in Houston TX.

    http://twitter.com/the_gman

  26. Barbara Rozgonyi said on November 13, 2008   

    Eric – thanks for sharing your list. It’s always interesting to see who people follow [closely] and why. Just followed you on twitter.
    @wiredprworks on twitter.com

  27. shafiu said on November 14, 2008   

    Eric. Thanks for the great list. And thanks for including me

  28. ECS Dave said on November 14, 2008   

    What?!? I’m not on this list too?
    I must speak with my publicist immediately!
    http://twitter.com/ecs_dave

    Just joking, great list, and I’m going to check it out further!

    Be Well!
    ECS Dave

  29. Wes Wilson said on November 14, 2008   

    What an honor, thanks for including me in this list! This is a talent filled list, I’m looking forward to following the ones I’m missing.

  30. Daniel McClintock with Design Geeks said on November 14, 2008   

    I feel humbled to have been “discovered” and placed here with the others. Glad I found your site, also, bookmarked for good!

    The list appears to be a gold-mine of possible joint ventures and future business start-ups with others of similar goals and different skills. I’m working through the list slowly and looking forward to connecting with all of you; if I can be of assistance with anything, don’t hesitate to look me up!

    -Daniel-

  31. Dulce said on November 14, 2008   

    This is a great list, I’ll follow them. :)

    http://twitter.com/dulcenegosyante

  32. Rebecca said on November 14, 2008   

    Nice list! Follow me! @Beccamford

  33. Mike said on November 14, 2008   

    How about some more European-based people :)

    Feel free to hit me with a follow:

    http://twitter.com/mtheodoulou

  34. Carlos Granier-Phelps said on November 14, 2008   

    Great list, thanks! Time to replenish my Twitter expert-jar.

    Join me at http://twitter.com/cgranier

  35. Kipp Bodnar said on November 14, 2008   

    Eric,

    Good Post and selection of people. I am at twitter.com/kbodnar32. Keep up the good work!

    Kipp

  36. Julien Sharp said on November 14, 2008   

    Hi all – I am happy to follow the Twitterers on this awesome list – including the author! Also looks like some great people in the comments section as well!

    I am a social media consultant for GenXers and Baby Boomers who are just getting used to sharing their “stuff” so intimately. :)

    http://twitter.com/juliensharp

  37. Tom Markiewicz said on November 14, 2008   

    Thanks for including me in the list!

  38. Cara said on November 14, 2008   

    Definitely a fantastic list! Hopefully someday my name will join the ranks!

    My awesome spouse Will (aka LocationWill) and I run http://www.locationstore.com. We’re entrepreneurs based in Austin, TX. Will does lots of small business finance consulting (www.dearmanventures.com) and manages our web ops and I’m the face of http://www.locationstore.com our online GPS retailer.

    Follow me on Twitter @LocationStore to get all the latest on GPS and tech news!

    Cara @ LocationStore

  39. Stepan Mazurov said on November 14, 2008   

    Awesome list, I follow some of these guys already, feel free to follow me: http://twitter.com/smazurov.

  40. Jenna Papakalos said on November 14, 2008   

    Hi! Great list and thanks for sharing.

    Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jpapakalos

  41. Marigo Raftopoulos said on November 14, 2008   

    Great list, thank you. Entrepreneurs are pioneers and we all have much to learn from them. Fellow twitterer @marigo

  42. Eric Pennington said on November 14, 2008   

    Eric,

    Thanks for the plug. I very much appreciate being noted on your list.

  43. Damian Madray said on November 15, 2008   

    Really great list, thanks for sharing.

    Follow me on:
    http://twitter.com/depthskins
    http://twitter.com/designerscouch

  44. Claus D Jensen said on November 15, 2008   

    Hey, I’m not on the list…… ;-)

    Well, thanlk you for sharing. Interesting list, after all… :-)

    Best regards Claus D Jensen

    http://twitter.com/cdjensen

  45. Philip Campbell said on November 15, 2008   

    omg, why do i never make these lists. :)

  46. Eric Pederson said on November 16, 2008   

    Some interesting people to follow on the list that I haven’t been following (but will now)!

    Personally I am retired from any station of importance, but I enjoy being connected with people who like to exchange information, ideas, or passion. Who knows what we may kick into action?

    http://twitter.com/dealexpert

  47. Guy Rosen said on November 16, 2008   

    Great resource, thanks for posting it. I’m at http://twitter.com/guyro if any fellow entrepreneurs want to connect.

  48. Justin Nowak said on November 16, 2008   

    WOW what a response!

    If you didn’t make this list please keep your eyes open there might be another list soon!

  49. Cleveland Real Estate said on November 17, 2008   

    Just added them all. Look forward to learning from some of these impressive Twits…

    http://www.twitter.com/OhioRealtor

    @OhioRealtor

  50. molly said on November 17, 2008   

    great list. i’m at, http://twitter.com/handsongourmet

  51. Steve said on November 17, 2008   

    I stopped procrastinating! I have a twitter now lol! Justin talked me into it!

    I’m at http://www.twitter.com/stevefarnsworth

  52. Jim said on November 24, 2008   

    Interesting list, I’m going to add them and see where it takes us!

    I’m twittering at http://twitter.com/Jymsym

    Twitter name Jymsym

  53. Betsy MacKinnon said on November 24, 2008   

    Thanks for compiling such a wonderfully diverse list. Looks like there are some awesome people on it, ones that tweet well. Thanks.

    @thebetsy

    Cheers

    Betsy

  54. Dave Tate said on December 3, 2008   

    Thanks for the list. My company is Elite Fitness Systems – Elitefts.com.

    We educate and outfit the strongest athletes in the world.

    For more info:
    http://www.elitefts.com/about-us/default.asp

    My Bio:
    http://www.elitefts.com/meet-the-staff/default.asp

    You can follow me at:

    http://twitter.com/UnderTheBar

  55. AverageGal said on December 3, 2008   

    Thanks for the great compilation of entrepreneurs! I’m definitely going to be following several of them!

    I’m a 26 year old stay-at-home mother of 2, wanna-be blogger :) I just left the corporate world to making a living blogging. You can follow me at AverageGalDotCo

  56. Joe Pulizzi said on December 3, 2008   

    Great list guys. Really helpful resource for an entrepreneur.

    http://twitter.com/juntajoe

  57. Duane Roberts said on December 3, 2008   

    Agreed this is a great list. I’m launching in Jan 09. Focused on changing the job search game; or as I say – putting it on it’s head. You can follow me at

    https://twitter.com/drecruits

    Thanks!

  58. JC Cameron said on December 3, 2008   

    Great list – thanks for putting it together.

    I am a serial entrepreneur myself building a new business-to-business recommendation and vendor selection site called VendorCity (http://www.VendorCity.com).

    Personal: http://twitter.com/jccameron
    VendorCity: http://twitter.com/vendorcity

  59. Russell C said on December 3, 2008   

    My Company is Cape Cod Weathervane Company

    http://www.capecodweathervanecompany.com

    we are alot more that weathervnes and are growing fast despite the road bumps in the economy follow us me on twitter at
    http://twitter.com/CCWeathervane

  60. Simon said on December 5, 2008   

    Hiya. I’m an aspiring web entrepeneur.

    Here is my twitter.

    http://www.twitter.com/shotbeak

    :)

  61. Jason O'Neill said on December 8, 2008   

    FOLLOW ME! I’m a 13-year-old entrepreneur who Forbes.com named as one of their Top 10 Role Models 18 & Under this year. Check out http://www.PencilBugs.com and see what I’m doing. Let me know what you think.

  62. Eric Brantner said on December 8, 2008   

    @ Jason–

    Just checked out your website and I’m very impressed. You’re light years ahead of others your age when it comes to creativity and dedication. Great job! Do you have a Twitter account so other entrepreneurs can follow you?

  63. Jason O'Neill said on December 8, 2008   

    Forgot to add my Twitter to follow me. It’s @pencilbugs

  64. Eric Brantner said on December 8, 2008   

    Jason–

    thanks for the info. I’ll be checking out your page shortly. If you haven’t already, I highly recommend following everyone on the above list. They are some great people to connect with on Twitter.

  65. Laura Kozak said on December 18, 2008   

    Loved the list, hope to make it someday. Also great to learn about all these great people.

    http://twitter.com/laurakozak

  66. directory said on December 19, 2008   

    I put my step in to your guestbook like I always

  67. Yaro said on January 3, 2009   

    Me too, me too!

    Yaro Starak

    http://twitter.com/yarostarak

  68. John said on January 3, 2009   

    Great list, I’m always looking for forward thinkers to follow!

    http://www.twitter.com/tweetrons

    P.S. Jason, your Pencilbugs are awesome!

  69. Jason O'Neill said on January 3, 2009   

    Hey, thanks John. I just clicked to follow you on twitter. That’s the best thing ever. I got almost 10 requests for interviews in the first two weeks on I was.
    I was on NBC news in San Diego before Christmas when I donated to their children’s hospital but really want to get on Ellen or some other big show like that. A few have called but something always happens like my segment gets bumped so I haven’t made it yet – but I will. :)

  70. Kendall said on January 7, 2009   

    http://www.twitter.com/vigilanteweb

  71. Beaded Bauble said on February 10, 2009   

    Thanks for this list…following most of them now.
    Strugling artisan who looks forward to learning more about social media marketing.

  72. Jeremy said on March 9, 2009   

    Cool list – I always like finding new, interesting people to follow on twitter. Thanks!!

    http://twitter.com/jeremylindh

  73. Barney Akwenuke said on March 9, 2009   

    That’s one great list and to all the aspiring entrants before me, better luck next time.

    I’m running for Office of President of Nigeria in 2011. Together we can change the world.

    Africa is coming on STRONG.

    Vote for me @mazino

    Thank you.

  74. Don Wong said on March 9, 2009   

    Great list. Always good to find like minds, and even better when others collate them for you. Cheers Eric!

    http://twitter.com/thatbloke

  75. laurence ainsworth said on April 2, 2009   

    Interesting mix of established names and those new to Twitter. Would like to have seen some non US names though

    Rgds

    L

  76. laurence ainsworth said on April 2, 2009   

    Sorry Forgot

    http://twitter.com/laurenceexigent

  77. Kenya MURRAY said on May 4, 2009   

    Hi, what an awesome list! I’m a recent start-up and new to Twitter as well –

    Lifestyle Management and Concierge service for busy urban professionals and small businesses. Having a Personal Assistnt isnt a privilege, it’s a right! Let Like a Celebrity show you how accessible it is!

    Follow me — I’ll be following you! In Success,

    @LikeaCelebNYC

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  81. Farrhad A said on June 7, 2009   

    Nice list! I have linked my name to my Twitter profile, have a look :)

  82. Stephen Tiano said on June 7, 2009   

    Nice, informative list. I’m a freelance book designer and layout artist. Please take a look at my tweets–I’m stephenTiano on Twitter–and a gander at my blog at http://www.tianodesign.com/blog.

  83. Derek Johnson said on June 18, 2009   

    Great list, keep up the good work!

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