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Matt Wilson’s and Jared OToole’s  Online magazine and Blog: Under30CEO

Personal friends and fellow entrepreneurs, Jared and Matt are two of today’s rising entrepreneurs. If you havent heard of them yet you soon will, because these go getter minded individuals dont ever sit still.

Gary Vaynerchuk

If you havent heard of Gary Vaynerchuk, GET WITH IT!  Gary Vaynerchuk has captured attention with his pioneering, multi-faceted approach to personal branding and business. After primarily utilizing traditional advertising techniques to build his family’s local wine business into a national industry leader, Gary rapidly leveraged social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook to promote Wine Library TV, his video blog about wine.

Bradley Will

Bradley Will, also a connection of mine, is the founder of Social Media Altitude and a self-proclaimed “gnarly entrepreneur”.  Finding himself sick of the traditional “interruption” marketing approach to business, he was drawn to social media, visualizing the potential to create and engage communities. 

Dan Schawbel

Dan Schawbel is the leading personal branding expert for Gen-Y. He is the bestselling author of Me 2.0, as well as the publisher of both the award winning Personal Branding Blog and Personal Branding Magazine.

Greg Rollett’s Rockstar Lifestyle Design

A personal connection,  Greg is a new media marketer and lifestyle design consultant from Orlando, FL. I have worked with world renowned companies like Coca-Cola, Miller Lite, Disney, the Employment Guide and Warner Bros as well as helping countless individuals, bands, small businesses and nonprofits leverage online tools to help achieve the life and business that they want.

3 Other Useful Ones

Work Happy

Who is he?

Carson McComas is an internet marketing consultant, an entrepreneur, a search engine marketer, a web developer, a change agent, a twitterer, and a wannabe photographer.

What is it?

A blog of killer resources for young entrepreneurs. Definitely Check it out!

Go Big Blog

Who is he?

Wil Schroter is a serial entrepreneur who  has created 9 companies with his most recent being GO big. He is also an author and a nationally syndicated columnist on starting companies.

What is it?

The founders blog for the world’s largest community of startup companies.  An entrepreneur that joins Go BIG can now have access to tens of thousands of investors, advisors and services to help grow quickly.

 The Rise to the Top Underground Blog

Who is he?

Following the successful creation of four businesses, Garland started The Rise To The Top (TRTTT). This fresh mix of television, interactive online content and educational publications helps inspire and engage rising and aspiring entrepreneurs.

What is it?

Taking what he has learned from his own successes and failures in business, along with what he has picked up from the experts he has interviewed, Garland actively demystifies the business world for viewers and website viewers.  In addition, his award winning entrepreneurial blog has garnered attention around the country.