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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. With an influx of talented designers into startup communities, I think you'll see better, more effective launches and more useful services. Reader beware.).

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

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Mike Yavonditte is the founder of the “super hot&# Hashable , a startup out of NYC that has been described as a “ Mint.com for Social Capital ” Mike sold his previous company, Quigo , to Aol for $340 Million. After AltaVista, Mike spent a year doing business development for USA Networks ( now IAC – Interactive Corp ).

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

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Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. It did not have the same success as Google’s acquisition and MySpace sold Photobucket 2 years later to a relatively unknown Seattle-based startup called Ontela for a reportedly $60 million.

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

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That spring of 2004, I was looking after our three kids—Emma, five; Kaitlin, three; and Keenan, two. Something disruptive. When I joined 2Market and eventually AOL, nobody—including me—knew much about the internet, online shopping, tech startups, or megamergers. It would mean doing something I already knew how to do.

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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. You'll have salespeople who are simply doing it for the money and for the competition--not because they believe in the startup vision.

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

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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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Newsletter: Elon Musk’s genius + Surgical robots

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Tmura: Startup options help those in need. The FDA has granted De Novo Marketing Authorization for the breakthrough Hominis robotic surgery system developed by Memic – a notable first. In 2004, PayPal co-founder Elon Musk took what appeared to be a huge and perhaps reckless gamble. Introductions. 1,000 high-tech jobs.

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