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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

Apple simply would never allow this and the fact that I'm seriously considering dropping my Android phone even before my contract is up makes me think the little green robot's days are numbered unless Google takes some seriously bold action to fix this. Mobile Payment Disappointment. What will Facebook do to things?

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

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However, enough on digital, so Sarah, please stop with the positive news- where will VC go to invest outside of net negative or zero ROI on green? The only option at the moment for smaller ideas is to go seed / angel funding, or try to bootstrap it. The internet business is a game of scale (network externalities).

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

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One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. I plan to use the internet as my networking base, and friends as my streettalkers. I plan to use the internet as my networking base, and friends as my streettalkers.