Top 40 startup founders to follow on Twitter
MT has scoured the business community and the Twittersphere for the most interesting tweeters. Here, in no particular order, we present 40 great startup founders and CEOs to follow...
- Julian Hakes - Founder of Julian Hakes London, innovative shoe designs - @julianhakes
- Jay Bregman - founder and CEO of Hailo, taxi-hailing iPhone app @jaybregman (He also founded eCourier back in the day)
- Paul Joyce – founder and CEO of Geckoboard, business metrics software - @paulmjoyce
- Anil Stocker – Co-founder of MarketInvoice, allowing small business to auction their invoices to investors - @anilstocker
- Darren Westlake - CEO and Co-Founder of CrowdCube, the crowdfunding business investment website -@dazwest
- Ambarish Mitra – Co founder and CEO of Blippar – augmented reality marketing for smartphones - @rishmitra
- Adam Baker – Founder of Blottr, the citizen journalism news service - @adamblottr
- Damian Kimmelman – Founder of Duedil, a free company records service feeding from Companies House - @duediler
- Tom Blomfield – Founder of GoCardless, a low-cost method for SMEs to accept direct payments - @t_blom
- Rob Symington – Co-founder of Escape the City, helping graduates find altyernatives to unfulfilling corporate jobs - @escroberto
- Jamie Ward – Co-founder and CEO of ‘PayAsUGym’ providing daily passes for a network of hundreds of gyms - @jamiepayasUgym
- Andrew Ibbotson – Co-founder of TrueView, a dating service that uses an honest picture of who you are - @AIbbotson
- Peter McCormack – founder and CEO of Bantr, an app allowing football fans to comment and interact during the game - @petermccormack
- Adam Ewart – Founder of Sendmybag.com, the cheaper luggage courier service. He has only recently begun tweeting - @adamewart
- Naomi Kibble – Co-founder of Rocktails, the frozen cocktails producer - @NaomiKibble
- Taavet Hinrikus – Co-founder of TransferWise, the peer-to-peer, commission-free currency exchange service - @taavet
- Roberta Lucca – Co-founder of Bossa Studios, creator of Monstermind game, and now owned by Elisabeth Murdoch’s Shine Group - @olicca
- Xenios Thrasyvoulou – Founder and CEO of PeoplePerHour – an online marketplace linking small firms with freelancers - @xenios
- Nick Holzherr – Founder of Whisk, a recipe ordering service integrated with supermarkets - @nickholzherr
- Daniel Yates – MD of Pitchup.com, a site linking caravaners with pitches and making holidaying easier - @daniel_yates
- Francis Boulle – Founder and CEO of Fund Mine, a investment angel network - @FrancisBoulle
- Jamie Laing – Founder of Candy Kittens, a new chain of sweetshops popping up around the UK - @JamieLaing_UK
- Jonathan May – founder and CEO of Sponsorcraft, a student crowdfunding platform - @jonathan_may
- Sam Zawadzki – founder of AdvancetoGO.com, a letting agency that putslandlords find tenants fast - @SamuelZawadzki
- Tom Anderson-Dixion – Founder of SquashStix.com, a site selling juice cordial in stick form - @Tandersondixon
- Tinaye Munonyara – Founder of StudyKitPro, a mobile learning app for mobile. You have to be confirmed by him, but he tweets a lot - @TinayeBillion
- Ry Morgan – founder and CEO of Please Cycle, a service promoting cycling to work by working with employers - @rymorgan
- James Sutton – founder and CEO of Bloom Trigger, a rainforest protection scheme - @bloomtrigger
- Chris Dodson – founder of Concept Cupboard, a website linking SMEs with design talent for one-off projects - @chrisdodsonUK
- Linda Cheung – CEO of CubeSocial, a tool allowing professionals to see what social networks their contacts are engaging with - @LindaCheungUK (she tweets a lot!)
- Andrew Hunter – Co-founder of Adzuna, the classified jobs adverts search engine - @andrewtc04
- Simon Prockter – Founder SpeedDater, Adventura, and Housebites, the website sourcing local cooking talent for an alternative to takeaways - @simonprockter
- David Darling – Founder of Kwalee, a mobile computer games firm - @daviddarlinguk
- Vicky Brock – CEO of Clear Returns, a platform for helping small retailers predict and minimise clothing returns - @brockvicky
- Marcus Simpson – Founder and CEO of Direct Sitters, a short term house-sitting service for when the electrician comes… - @MTBsimpson
- Nigel Verdon – Founder and chairman of TheCurrencyCloud.com, a digital international money transfer service - @nigelverdon
- Adam Sopher – Co-founder of Joe & Seph popcorn - @AdamSopher
- Sarah Akwisombe – Co-founder of The Glam Collective, a mobile makeup artists service in London - @SarahAkwisombe
- Paul Hodges – founder of The Grand Old Duke of Pork, a custom sausage-making retailer - @TheDukeOfPork
- Callum Busg – Founder of Media Devil, a phone, tablets and laptops accessories manufacturer - @MediaDevil
