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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

What types of things might happen in 2012, as opposed to needing another 3-5 years to come to fruition. That aside, here are ten areas I think you'll see some interesting things happening in 2012. 2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool.

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Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

Gust

I used to think you could use convenience and common sense to predict markets. We think it’s a matter of products, but history shows us it takes more than just products and technology to create the sweeping changes. June 19th, 2012. June 17th, 2012. June 13th, 2012. Subscribe by email. Power Pitches.

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The two powerful skills every 10X entrepreneur needs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Within only 100 days, new leadership transformed the tech platform, marketing mix, and rider operations–elevating it from laggard to leader. In 2012, Martin was brought into Zalando, as the European e-commerce start-up faced intense growing pains. Delivery Hero then applied this winning playbook to struggling markets.

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4 Ways to Leverage Podcasting to Grow Your Business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A podcast is a marketing channel – and it can be a key part of a strategic marketing mix. While blogs and posts on social media are used to connect with your audience, podcasting has a unique place in the social media landscape. In 2012, this percentage was only 14%. and more articles from the EO blog.

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8 Steps to Making Better Business Decisions

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Their competitors took advantage—and Kodak went bankrupt in 2012. Use the data collected from those varying perspectives to accomplish this step. Considering the situation at hand, mix and match parts of different options to determine what suits it best. Determine your goals and envision the desired outcome.

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Why Your Marketing Campaign Sucks

Both Sides of the Table

The major battle for press is a battle for “mindshare” and it’s exactly the reason I blog. Let me be sure to use me some Luma Partners. Every corporate buyer of technology and/or technology companies knows the LUMAscape and uses it to figure out which vendors they should consider. I am a VC. I hand out money.

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Exotel raises $40 million for its full-stack customer engagement platform

TechCrunch

Exotel, which counts Blume Ventures and IIFL Asset Management among its backers, has raised about $100 million in a mix of debt and equity rounds in the last 12 months. Indian ride-hailing giant Ola uses Exotel’s platform to send text messages to its customers. The bank balance dipped to 14 lacs at a point in 2014-15.

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