In the tradition of #followfriday, here's a new installment of re-tweet-worthy dealmakers. Check out our edition from last week here and our debut installment here.
@upsidetrader
Joe was a retail broker for 13 years at Kidder Peabody & Co., Smith Barney, Bear Stearns Cos. and Lehman Brothers Inc., plus the original founder and managing partner of a pretty big hedge fund.
Why follow? This StockTwits favorite has some great trading advice.
@nminow
Nell Minow is a shareholder advocate at the Corporate Library.
Why follow? Insight on corporate governance and Michael Moore's new movie.
@pakman
David Pakman is a serial-entrepreneur-turned-venture-capitalist at Venrock and a regular guest on The Deal's Behind the Money show.
Why follow? Great advice for entrepreneurs and good music suggestions.
@albertwenger
Albert Wenger is a partner at Union Square Ventures.
Why follow? This NYC foodie eats at the most amazing places. Oh yeah, he also gives great advice to entrepreneurs.
@JohnBorthwick and @aweissman
John Borthwick and Andrew Weissman are the co-founders Betaworks, an NYC tech incubator that has hatched Summize (the search service acquired by Twitter) and Bitly (a URL shortener and analytics tool).
Why follow? Nobody understands the real-time Web better than they do, and Andy tweets great celebrity sightings.
@CBOE
Chicago Board Options Exchange, or CBOE, is the largest U.S. options exchange and the creator of listed options.
Why follow? Because volatility in the market is fun -- and crucial -- to follow.
@SteveCase
Steve Case is the co-founder of AOL; he's now chairman of the Case Foundation and of Revolution (investor in Revolution Money, Exclusive Resorts, Miraval, Zipcar, Waterfront, etc.).
Why follow? The latest news from D.C., interesting ideas about where technology and the media are headed, occasional confessions of past mistakes, such as blowing the AOL-Time Warner integration.
@GMblogs
GM CEO Fritz Henderson received and answered questions on Twitter earlier this week.
Why follow? Roadmap to GM's future.
Thanks to The Deal's Tom Groppe for his recommendations; you can follow him @dealscape. You can follow our colleagues Mary Kathleen Flynn, who covers technology companies and their investors, @MKFlynn, and Nathaniel Baker, who covers the middle market, @natbaker. Follow me @newsgirlmw -- and be sure to include your #followfriday recommendations. - Maria Woehr
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