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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. More Accessible Innovation Resources for All. What areas are going to change? What areas need to be disrupted? Reader beware.).

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10 Key Buildings in the Brooklyn Innovation Community

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I wanted someone who was experimenting with computer controlled LEDs as an art form to feel part of the community as well--which is why I started referring to it as the "Innovation Community". Three companies from the Studiomates community-- Sherpaa , Tinybop , and Editorially --received VC dollars in 2012. 33 Flatbush. The Batcave.

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The Gust-DEMO Fall 2012 Scholarship

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Following the huge success of the Gust-DEMO scholarship earlier this year, Gust and DEMO have teamed up again to offer Gust start-ups a full scholarship opportunity for DEMO Fall 2012. The recipient of the Gust-DEMO Scholarship will have a chance to launch their product to some of the most innovative people in the world. SCHOLARSHIP.

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

Both Sides of the Table

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Innovate In the early years of a startup there is a lot of kinetic energy of enthusiastic innovators looking to launch a product that changes how an industry works.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. So it is unsurprising that an over-funding environment and the commensurate returns hangover would have lasted until about – well – 2012.

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Startup Business Funding: 5 Business-Breaking Misconceptions

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The first time, back in 2012, I joined as part of a mobile gaming company. But 2012 me, a first-time half-Latino half-African-American founder from Costa Rica, coming from a university these guys had never heard of, nope. In 2011, he founded Pota-Toss, a Kickstarter-funded iOS game, released on the App Store on October 2012.

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My Investment in Hungryroot: A Tasty Lesson in Products vs. Services

This is going to be BIG.

They do this through vertical integration and special packaging--and that's where the technical innovation comes in. We stayed in touch and reconnected around a blog post that I wrote in 2012 on falling in love with the problem and not getting attached to the solution. So if you don't have any by Friday, no worries.

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