I'm admittedly a pretty big fangirl of Dorie Clark and pretty much stand behind everything she says.

I really love these ideas in particular though. While this post is quite oversimplified, it's an easy-to-digest introduction to the things you need to be doing - both online and off - to present yourself as an expert.

Try them out, you might be surprised how the world's perception of you can change!

Brilliant writeup on invaluable advice from Evan Williams, the co-creator of Twitter.

Williams stresses that the internet is nothing more than "a giant machine designed to give people what they want." 

“We often think of the internet enables you to do new things,” Williams said. “But people just want to do the same things they’ve always done.”

Williams has an amazing point, especially for people looking to create new startups using the web. The Internet isn't a magical thing that makes you able to promise things to consumers that you weren't able to do before - well, it is, but just not in the mystical way it's sometimes painted. The Internet makes things easier. It takes steps out of age-old desires like getting from one place to another or buying a book (Hello, Uber and Amazon).

Highly recommend taking the time to read this piece on Evan.

I can always get behind Richard Branson and his startup stories and advice. This is a great event he held during Social Media Week at Virgin entitled "Sex Up Your Startup - Q & A with Richard Branson" and even includes some advice to a young entrepreneur to "put a little something extra [in her] cookies and expand in Colorado and Washington."

These are some great companies doing cool, innovative things outside of Silicon Valley!

Great LinkedIn Influencer series on "the best advice I ever got." 

Various CEOs, thought leaders, professionals, etc, share the best piece of advice that they've received during their careers. 

Some great tips in here from startup founders and entrepreneurs. The overarching themes seem to be those which we hear pretty often: work hard, focus on what's important, never give up.

Even though I'm still a little bitter about NYC's tech scene after last week's NYMag post, I still think that there's lots to love about "Silicon Alley."

The people on this list are doing awesome things, and if you live in NYC (or if you like tech), they're definitely worth a follow.