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Tweet some dealmakers on Follow Friday

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It's Friday, and if you use Twitter you know that Friday is time to tweet out who you love to follow during the week on #followfriday. So we are going to give you some of our favorites to add to your twitter stream.

@Nouriel 
Nouriel Roubini is a professor at Stern School, NYU, chairman of RGE Monitor and Web Entrepreneur.
Fun to Follow: Dr. Doom gives you the latest updates on why the world and the economy sucks.

@fredwilson
Fred Wilson, co-founder, Union Square Ventures (and Flatiron Partners during the dot-com days)
Fun to Follow: Follow Wilson's VC blog, which is required reading in venture capital circles and get exposure to great bands you might never have heard of, like the Magnetic Fields, on fredwilson.fm.

@FAquila
Frank Aquila is an M&A and corporate governance lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell.
Fun to Follow: He has some great analysis on the economy, bankruptcy and M&A.

@infoarbitrage
Roger Ehrenberg is a reformed Wall Streeter turned early-stage investor via IA Capital Partners LLC and runs the InfoArbitrage blog.
Fun to Follow: Ehrenberg has some witty comments and provides useful links as well as sports scores for baseball fans.

@JasonCalacanis
Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo.com (founder of Weblogs Inc., Silicon Alley Reporter back in the day).
Fun to Follow: Staying on top of the West Coast startup scene, he often makes great comments like calling Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales a "poser."

@TiffanyKahnen
Tiffany Kahnen is a corporate attorney involved with mergers and acquisitions.
Fun to Follow: She offers entertaining posts and good advice, especially about IP. 

@HowardLindzon
Howard Lindzon is co-founder of StockTwits, creator of WallStrip and a long-time investor.
Why Must Follow: He offers savvy stock-trading info, plus provocative ideas like his urging Twitter to go public. Plus, he's very funny and knows how to cuss creatively.

@TylerNewton:
Tyler Newton is a private equity investor at Catalyst Investors.
Fun to Follow: Tyler has some interesting links and follows middle-market companies in Internet and media.

@GregWNeedham
Greg W. Needham is the vice president of marketing and business development at NorthShore Capital Advisors.
Fun to Follow: He provides some interesting commentary about the economy and middle-market private equity trends.

@jdrive
James D. Robinson is the co-founder and managing partner of RRE Ventures.
Fun to Follow: He has some good insights on VC, technology, pop culture and life in general.

@ericjackson
Eric Jackson is a managing member at Ironfire Capital LLC.
Fun to Follow: He provides funny frequent posts and trading tips.

There are many more dealmakers on Twitter that are worth following. Thanks to Mary Kathleen Flynn @mkflynn, Nathaniel Baker @natbaker and Tom Groppe @dealscape for their recommendations. If you would like to follow me or pop me a tweet, I'm @newsgirlmw, and be sure to include your #followfriday recommendations. - Maria Woehr

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Comments

From: Jay (marketfolly),

good list, was following most of them but was able to add a few more, thanks!

if you like what @ericjackson has to say, I'd toss out our name as someone to follow as well, since we track hedge fund movements with an emphasis on the value and activist players who are making big moves.

@marketfolly

thanks again for the list.

Jay


From: Pohanka Chrysler Dodge,

Businesses in US nowadays are on their continuous recovery against recession. But there are some that are needing bailout.President Barack Obama has said both Chrysler -- which is hours away from a do-or-die restructuring deadline -- and General Motors can survive the US auto industry's crisis and then thrive.After earlier casting doubt on Chrysler's viability ahead of Thursday's deadline, Obama said Wednesday prospects for the number three US carmaker appeared rosier as creditors agree to concessions and Fiat works on a tie-up.Pohanka Chrysler Dodge is one of the legions of Chrysler dealerships that are going to be closing, and the owners are not happy about it. Pohanka Chrysler Dodge will not be able to sell any of its new Dodge or Chrysler vehicles after June 9th, which means that they have to move inventory as quick as they can for deep discounts of up to 40% or more. The Chrysler bankruptcy has forced many dealerships into this position, and the dearth of funding for unsecured loans for new cars makes the problem worse. The dealership will sell used vehicles from now on, but it still means Pohanka Chrysler Dodge will need a good cash advance to move inventory.



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