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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 to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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In 2012 Upfront Ventures raised its 4th venture capital fund – this one was $200 million. We started investing the fund in April 2012 and by early 2013 had closed our fund to new investors. Fly out to CA, NY, BOS and tell investors that you’ll willing to do the majority of board meetings there.

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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. Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. I’m told she just signed with one who will be on-boarded soon. But Tracy did what entrepreneurs do.

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

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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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Uganda’s Tugende closes $3.6M Series A extension to meet the demand for its asset finance products

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Ugandan technology-enabled asset finance company Tugende today announced that it has closed $3.6 This brings Tugende’s total Series A financing to $9.9 This brings Tugende’s total Series A financing to $9.9 Michael Wilkerson founded Tugende in 2012. Development Finance Corporation.

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Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

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June 19th, 2012. June 17th, 2012. And if you’re a startup CFO, finance lead, bean counter, or presentation slide deck preparer, then you should read this book. Bolten does a really good job on why, what, and how to present numbers, just as in his subtitle, so people will understand you. June 13th, 2012.

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The Truth About Convertible Debt at Startups and The Hidden Terms You Didn’t Understand

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Was Paul Graham right in his “high resolution” financing post? This has worked very well in the 2009-2012 time frame because the tech market has boomed in this period. So Investor A might have bought 20% of your company in 2012 and in 2013 with no addition money invested suddenly owns 40% of your company.

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