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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

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What types of things might happen in 2012, as opposed to needing another 3-5 years to come to fruition. That aside, here are ten areas I think you'll see some interesting things happening in 2012. 2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool.

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How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup

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She hasn’t raised any venture capital. She drove her company to profitability before paying herself a modest salary. She leveraged herself and even sold many of her possessions to get started. And when her assets were tapped she rented out her bedroom and even her couch on Airbnb to afford her year-one operations. More on that later.

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

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Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. Ynon & I first discussed Maker in early 2012. The industry finally has one of their own at the helm of the largest YouTube network. .”

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How Founders Can Master Mental Resilience to Stay in the Game Long Enough to Win

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But now on the main stage at the biggest competition of the year, the audience is peering and the judges are scoring — and everything feels different. But now on the main stage at the biggest competition of the year, the audience is peering and the judges are scoring — and everything feels different. How will she handle the pressure?

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Silicon Valley is a surprisingly clubby ecosystem: FC's Alex Mittal

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Being an effective founder means questioning current paradigms, asking ‘Is there a better way to do this—and am I the person to do it?’ ’ It’s that line of thinking that leads people to create disruptive companies, to solve problems that were thought to be intractable.

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Tech, Education, and Making a Difference in South Africa: Meet Justinus Adriaanse

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Changing course A 2012 ski holiday in Canada triggered a remarkable new realization. Contributed to EO by Marina Byezhanova Justinus Adriaanse is an EO Canada Bridge member who grew up in a middle-class family in South Africa, keenly observing the glaring disparities that were unmistakably present in his surroundings.

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5 Hidden Entrepreneurship Lessons from 5 Christmas Movies

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The original version of this article appeared on Violet’s LinkedIn blog. . Written by Violet Lim, CEO and co-founder of Lunch Actually and EO Singapore. We have come to the last month of 2018! I don’t know about you, but this year passed by like lightning for me. At the same time, I could relate to her situation. Home Alone.