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Spend 2012 on the Right Side of the Haimish Line

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The first day of 2012 seems the perfect day to do so. As I alluded to in my post on our recent program in which we now invest $50,000 per company and have shared office space , Bill Gross (the founder of Idealab) was instrumental in convincing me to keep Launchpad LA running despite an over-abundance of local LA accelerators.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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Gener8tor is the biggest startup accelerator you’ve never heard of…

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For the past decade, Gener8tor has been working to shift that by spinning up accelerators in local communities that have money but are underserved in terms of startup support. More than 1,000 companies have cycled through its accelerator, and it was named 2022’s VC firm of the year by The International Trade Council.

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Paris-based accelerator The Family sues co-founder Oussama Ammar

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The Family co-founder and CEO Alice Zagury announced in a blog post that the French startup accelerator is suing Oussama Ammar for multiple claims — breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery. The Family was originally founded in 2012 with three co-founders — Alice Zagury, Oussama Ammar and Nicolas Colin.

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The Startups and Investors Bringing Voice Tech to Healthcare

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That’s why in this article, you’ll get a comprehensive look at the startups using voice technology to make healthcare better, along with some of the VC’s and accelerators that are backing them. million residents lived in nursing homes in 2012), and increased rates of depression ( 16% of women and 11% of men age 65+ report having depression).

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. Home to the Internet’s first true “accelerator,” Idealab led by Bill Gross. The birthplace of sponsored search (Overture), semantic search (Applied Semantics which became Google AdSense), comparison shopping (ShopZilla, PriceGrabber) and many others.

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Zapier buys no-code-focused Makerpad in its first acquisition

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Zapier , a well-known no-code automation tool, has purchased Makerpad , a no-code education service and community. million round back in 2012 that tapped Bessemer, DFJ and others. Given the digital transformation’s acceleration, that’s a trend that likely won’t slow soon. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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