Walker Twitter Highlights: January 9th – 15th

I’m using Twitter as a form of micro-blogging to share interesting blog posts, articles and podcasts relating to entrepreneurship and startups, M&A and legal issues.  Below are my five most popular tweets (via bit.ly) for the past week and a couple of blog-related tweets.  If you’d like to see all of my tweets (or an RSS feed of them), you can do so here.  Cheers, Scott

Top 5 Tweets

1. “Bottom line: If you can’t get past a 7 or 8, you should really quit the samurai/startup business.” –@Jason  bit.ly/wJaxJm
2. “We now have…me-too companies getting funded at outrageous valuations. For most, it will end badly.” -Mike Carusi  on.wsj.com/xD1DCr
3. Why I switched from Ruby back to C++ (interesting post via @chrismdp)  bit.ly/xbYKsB
4. As of Jan 1, 2012, the 100% exclusion (up to $10 million) for “qualified small business stock” is over. Solid memo:  bit.ly/AitT1C
5. “New entrepreneurs would be well served to learn by Jeff Bezos’ example. Smart. Thoughtful. Patient.” –@davidhornik   bit.ly/y1qR39

Walker Blog-Related

1. I just uploaded my new Forbes post: Crowdfunding Bill Stuck in the Senate  bit.ly/zHXCzy
2. New vid post — Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Bing Gordon  bit.ly/wMl1dR