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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. 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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4 Ways to Leverage Podcasting to Grow Your Business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A unique angle is critical — and with the rapid growth of podcasts as a media form built for communities, going niche and specific is key. A podcast is a marketing channel – and it can be a key part of a strategic marketing mix. In 2012, this percentage was only 14%. Creating personal connection in today’s disconnected world.

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HackerRank, a platform for recruiters to test coders and coders to hone their skills, raises $60M at a $500M valuation

TechCrunch

Tapping into a surge of remote hiring and employment that themselves were ushered in by the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing measures, HackerRank now counts 2,800 customers — including 25% of some of the biggest companies in the world (from the Fortune 100) — and 18 million developers.

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. You could also live in a local “hacker house” for community support, e.g., Edyfi , The Garden , or Womxn Ignite. Use their software for interactive data visualization and modern business intelligence.

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Building APIs for AI: An Interview with Zapier’s Bryan Helmig

Y Combinator

One of the best companies at connecting APIs is Zapier, which went through the YC Summer 2012 batch. But it made us realize that other developers were likely facing the same challenges, and that Zapier could really deliver a seamless and simple developer experience in a way that no other company could.

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Penpot inks $8M as signups for its open source spin on Figma jump 5600% after Adobe’s $20B acquisition move

TechCrunch

On a community level, however, designers and others were upset: They had adopted Figma precisely because it was not Adobe. with participation also from Athos and, significantly, several individuals notable for their roles in creative and developer ecosystems. “Developers care about that.”

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

When my friend and the father of LA’s tech startup community Bill Gross first demonstrated his company GoTo.com (renamed Overture) on stage at a TED conference he was actually booed (True story. Around $400 billion of imports & exports pass through the LA ports each year, which set the national high-water mark in 2012.