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

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She found non-traditional financing. Without this money she wouldn’t have been able to finance operations. 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. More on that later.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

When I came out of college LA Law was one of the most popular shows on TV and made being a lawyer sexy, so most of my peers made that career choice. But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook.

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Lydia raises another $86 million to build a European financial super app

TechCrunch

Shortly after, Braintree acquired peer-to-peer payment app Venmo. They had just released their mobile app in April of 2012,” Jhawar told me in a phone interview. They had just released their mobile app in April of 2012,” Jhawar told me in a phone interview. Jhawar joined payments company Braintree in 2011 as COO and CFO.

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

The Kauffman Foundation found 47% of US tech founders held degrees in STEM while 34% held degrees in business, finance, and accounting. We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. 1) Your school. 1) Your school. school of engineering).

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Panorama raises $60M in General Atlantic-led Series C to help schools better understand students

TechCrunch

Existing backers Owl Ventures, Emerson Collective, Uncork Capital, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Tao Capital Partners also participated in the financing, which brings the Boston-based company’s total raised since its 2012 inception to $105 million. Just what does Panorama do exactly?

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Is gust.com a difficult platform to replicate?

Gust

As I’ve discussed elsewhere, Gust’s long-term goal is to serve as the infrastructure platform for the entire global, early stage finance industry. despite having lots of competitors. ” With that in mind… No: It’s a similar situation in the entrepreneurial funding space.