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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

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What areas need to be disrupted? 2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. One of the best things any investor can do is to pull back from the day to day of getting pitches and think about high level trends. What areas are going to change?

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Embracing the Circular Economy: One EO Entrepreneur’s Story

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Integral to the Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s core beliefs is our commitment to making a positive difference in the world—exemplified by our pledge to support the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He joined EO in 2004. This #EOImpact story is a true win-win-win!

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The Guy Who Took on Google (and now LinkedIn): Mike Yavonditte

Both Sides of the Table

After AltaVista, Mike spent a year doing business development for USA Networks ( now IAC – Interactive Corp ). It took 3-4 months into the development of the product for Hashable to realize that it is a mobile first, web second service. This feature is in development right now. Judged his instincts, and felt it was Quigo’s time.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. It had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users, which actually was slightly smaller in December 2007 then MySpace was. then bought GeoCities for $3.6 They looked unstoppable.

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Hint Founder Kara Goldin Says When it Comes to Entrepreneurship, Just Get Started

StartupNation

That spring of 2004, I was looking after our three kids—Emma, five; Kaitlin, three; and Keenan, two. Something disruptive. One day in September 2004, I realized that I had learned enough and had confidence enough to make my vision a reality. I had a lot to figure out, and it wasn’t like I had nothing else to do. You’re smart.

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Not everyone is a hero. Some people just bat.337. #mets

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Do you think Red Sox fans would have rather had nicer guy than Manny Ramirez in 2004, or would they rather have had his 130 RBI? You're going to hire developers on your team that aren't very social. It's fine as long as they're not disruptive to the culture. Is Reyes disruptive to the Mets culture? They just work.

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How doing everything wrong turned Automattic into a multibillion dollar media powerhouse

TechCrunch

Automattic founder and CEO Matt Mullenweg at TechCrunch Disrupt 2014. In a blog post that’s still online , he wrote: My logging software hasn’t been updated for months, and the main developer has disappeared, and I can only hope that he’s okay. billion valuation. Image Credits: TechCrunch. What to do?

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