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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

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. 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.

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I’m Back. Why I Love January

Both Sides of the Table

It was a particularly rough December in what proved a difficult 2012. Example: Fred Wilson writing his end of 2012 post wrote. But it comes across as a whiny complaint about the shitty year that 2012 was. But the reason I couldn’t publish that post is it didn’t capture the greater picture that 2012 represents for me.”

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No Limits: Looking Back with GSEA Finalist Carlos Rivas

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Carlos Rivas was a student in El Salvador when he competed in the 2012 EO Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). The company was born from a board game—literally paper and cardboard game—project in university. I continue at Kadevjo Studio in El Salvador as its creative director. Where are you now?

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4 Steps to Hiring a Rock Star COO (Plus, Why You Need a COO!)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Some of my greatest assets were qualities like willpower, curiosity, creativity and impatience. My curiosity and creativity made it hard to predict my behavior. The processes I used to hire our first COO in 2012 and the second one in 2018 were basically the same and are strongly inspired by Topgrading as well as the Who Method.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

Sam also had a vision as early as 2012 about how MakeSpace would be a large employer of middle-income jobs: The company would hire employees rather than just have contractors and he would lead the effort to ensure they had opportunities for growth and benefits for their families. If I could close with some advice for startups and boards ….

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

And this month we announced that Maker Studios, where I am an investor and board member, crossed 3 billion views. Ynon & I first discussed Maker in early 2012. He joined when Maker was a small, chaotic organization and helped bridge our talented creative team with the outside world of investor, brands, partners & press.

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Your deal flow is not diverse enough

TechCrunch

A 2012 study of company performance showed that more than 150 listed German firms excelled when they had at least 30% women representation on their executive boards. Even more interesting, another study argues that women make better board directors than men.