Here are some tweeples on Twitter who tweet about startups.  Follow at your own risk – we think they are currently some of the best out related to starting and growing your business.  

The list was started before there were Twitter lists, and future versions will be put in places such as our twitter lists.   

The criteria for the list was simple: a search for tweets containing “startup” was monitored over a period of time, and people whose posts were usually about entrepreneurship, startups, and related areas were included… *if* they didn’t auto-DM (direct message) or have too much content of questionable value (affiliate links, etc.).  

This alphabetized list includes tweeters who are varied, from entrepreneurs, to advisors & strategists, and perhaps a bot or two.  The listings should appeal to a range from the solo home business owner to the funded startup executive.   Several pictures were included when formatting the post and time prevented including all. 

• @danmartell – Dan Martell of DanMartell.com – Strategies for Fast Growth Entrepreneurs
• @DavidCrow –  ”Technology and Community Evangelist”
• @HomeBizStats - home and small business tweets
• @hovo - Digilite Web Solutions (Canada) – tweeting on entrepreneurial, tech/platform, ecommerce
•  @OfficeDivvy - many tweets related to small businesses   
• @startupcrunch - startup, angel, venture capital tweets
•  @startupprincess – Kelly King Anderson of StartupPrincess 
• @SVstartupjobs - tweets a mix of tech articles and job openings
• @thinkvaulter - “Infopreneur: all about how to find & use information to maximum, business-building advantage “
• @TiStartups - from down under (Australia) comes updates related to startups, some tech, funding, and TWiST.
• @Venture_Capital - (no name) – tweets news related to startups and venture capital 
• @venturebin - “Web ventures & internet business report. Internet startups”
• @whuntpartners - updates related to startups, getting acquired, technology, entrepreneurship

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Have another favorite who usually posts about startups & small business-related updates? Post it in the comments.  

• StartupDay 2009 - found via this Seattle news/blog post, the event is a “conference for pre-entrepreneurs interested in founding or joining a tech startup“.  It happens on Sept 26 in Seattle, Washington and is organized by Seattle 2.0.
• TechCrunch50 is today (and yesterday), and features presentations from 50 startups, plus 50 more in the pit. If you are thinking to present anywhere at a large pitch conference, this ReadWriteWeb post on TechCrunch50 will give you tips.  And there have been previous TC50 events, and you can read how the previous demo-ers are doing.  One presentation is embedded below – Insttant – and you can view more videos here.

• Also from TechCrunch50 is this startup funding-related post: TC50: Everyday Investors Can Help Startups “IPO” On The Sprowtt Marketplace
• Upcoming is the DEMO event next week, Sept. 21-23, with 70 products and prototypes showcased over 3 days.
• 10 Common Mistakes That Startup and Small Companies Make – FastCompany
• Fancy Doing a Startup? YCombinator Has a Business Plan for You – FastCompany
• The Promise of the ‘Lean Startup’ – BusinessWeek
• How a Tiny Startup Used Twitter to Find App Store Success - Business Week – discusses how taptaptap used Twitter to help it’s Convert iPhone app launch into being one of the top 30 paid apps within a week.
• Twitter And The Revenue Dilemma – Washington Post
• Top 10 rules for Web start-ups needing venture funding – a video posted last week from a live presentation.  With a New Zealand bias, perhaps, the advice is useful for the rules around: Creating value, brilliant team building, mantra creation, get going, bootstrap, global know-how, fast adaptor advantage, everyone sells (marketing), change, and people trumping technology.

This is the first news-video-blog posts article – hope it was helpful to advance your business momentum, knowledge, & enthusiasm!