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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. We're entering another election year, and recent history has given us unprecedented access to information and interaction with our elected representatives. What areas are going to change? Reader beware.).

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Supergut Secures New Funding and Expands Leadership to Drive Growth in Gut Health

American Entrepreneurship

Other key investors include Superguts founding investor, Dave Friedberg, through The Production Board, along with Cultivian Sandbox, Strand Equity, Access Capital, Alpha Edison, LivWell Ventures, and Rocana Ventures. She brings a deep understanding of brand-building, consumer engagement, and scaling health-focused products.

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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

Both Sides of the Table

But being best-in-class at online marketing is also a sine qua non to standout from your peer group. We short-handed this marketing mix as “ the four P’s ” – product, price, promotion and place (distribution) – this was devised in 1960 and while a little bit dated is still a useful framework.

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Do VC Platforms Make Sense?

Both Sides of the Table

While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros. They offer leadership conferences, regular content articles on leadership, board pack templates and the like.

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How to Manage a Board

Y Combinator

One of the most common questions we hear from founders is “How do I manage my board?” It’s something that provokes anxiety, because this is the first time the founder/CEO is subject to external supervision, and the board has powers that include the firing of the CEO and the senior management. But first, what’s the purpose of a board?

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Autonomous driving startup Momenta raises another $500M

TechCrunch

Momenta often speaks of how its alliance with car manufacturers differentiates itself from its peers, which have chosen a more cash-intensive route of developing in-house robotaxi fleets. Betting on China’s driverless future, Toyota, Bosch, Daimler jump on board Momenta’s $500M round.

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Payments company Paystone raises $23.8M to help service-based businesses engage with customers

TechCrunch

While most of the company’s peers focus on product companies, Al-Ansari saw how underserved the service side was: their needs are different, and unlike retail, aren’t looking to sell online. million in a mix of debt and equity. The company has 150 employees currently, and another 50 are expected to come on board by the end of the year.