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Why AI Won't Be the Investment Opportunity Everyone Thinks It Is

This is going to be BIG.

When I think about true disruptions in tech—the ones that enable huge investor outcomes because they create generational behavior change, entirely new markets, and populate whole business ecosystems out of nothing—location-aware mobile devices stand out to me as right up there with the web itself. Was this episode from five years ago?

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The Coming Zombie Startup Apocalypse

This is going to be BIG.

Will this bubble also end in a blaze of glory with companies shutting down left and right in a massive startup apocalypse? Would you be surprised to know that almost half of the dot com companies founded when the boom started in 1996 were still around in 2004--four years after the peak of the NASDAQ?

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

Both Sides of the Table

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. Murdoch seethed at these “startups&# getting rich off the back of MySpace. Enter Facebook.

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Restrictions on acquisitions would stifle the US startup ecosystem, not rein in big tech

TechCrunch

US rule changes could mean more startups would need government approval to hire immigrants. Acquisitions are an important element of the startup ecosystem. Despite best efforts, company failure is the most common outcome — more than 90% of startups fail. Accordingly, 58% of startups expect to be acquired.

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Newsletter: Elon Musk’s genius + Surgical robots

OurCrowd

Tmura: Startup options help those in need. In 2004, PayPal co-founder Elon Musk took what appeared to be a huge and perhaps reckless gamble. Musk’s startup, of course, was Tesla, and the dream was an all-electric car. Medisafe raises $30M for AI that helps people take medication. Introductions. 1,000 high-tech jobs. Learn More.

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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. 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.