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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

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. But how do we get there? 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

Mike is a no BS guy, has all the attributes I look for in a founder and says things like, openly shares knowledge and opines without a filter including this one, “whoever invented uncapped convertible debt should be spanked!&# After AltaVista, Mike spent a year doing business development for USA Networks ( now IAC – Interactive Corp ).

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

StartupNation

The founders of “Time” magazine, for example, wanted to create a news magazine that a busy person could read in an hour or less. That spring of 2004, I was looking after our three kids—Emma, five; Kaitlin, three; and Keenan, two. Something disruptive. I was just focused on one goal. I didn’t want to repeat myself.

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

This is going to be BIG.

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? Just today at lunch someone told me how a certain person was a great marketer and that I should think about them as a potential founder to back. It's fine as long as they're not disruptive to the culture.

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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. Automattic’s founder, Matt Mullenweg, was barely of American legal drinking age (21) when he began building, at a time when venture capitalists wanted “adult supervision” at their companies. billion valuation. Image Credits: TechCrunch. What to do?

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Unbundling the Game Engine: The Rise of Next Generation 3D Creation Engines

Andreessen Horowitz

The emergence of generative AI, cloud computing, and new spatial platforms is poised to disrupt 3D creation end-to-end. Before the 2010s, most studios developed their own internal engines to build their games. Brief History Of Game Engines Humans have always desired to construct and explore worlds of our own imagination.