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What Mattered in 2012: Erik Rannala of MuckerLab

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Today, we're featuring Erik Rannala , founder of MuckerLab , the startup accelerator focused on incubation stage Internet, software, services, and media businesses here in LA. What are the technologies, companies, or things we ought to watch in 2013? What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

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What Mattered in 2012: Rory Moore, CommNexus

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Biggest new for CommNexus / EvoNexus: EvoNexus incubator companies reached the $95M in capital raised and two companies were acquired. What are the technologies, companies, or things we ought to watch in 2013? In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year?

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HipTraveler | Taking Startup Competitions by Storm

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One team, a travel company that has built a discovery and planning tool that will make it easy and fun for travelers to find and book trips, was a winner of not just the New Venture Seed Competition in 2013, but also recently won the first day of the Lavin Lean Model Startup Competition in San Diego State University.

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What Future for Accelerators?

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By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. Throughout 2012 & 2013 we funded many companies and then pulled together a second fund. It was clear to us that LA was now a powerhouse market and we loved working with all of the other accelerators in town. Market stage is everything.

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A New Era For Entrepreneurs And Startups Has Begun

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in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion. That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000. Twitter was one of the most notable, with a market capitalization now up to $38 billion all by itself. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere.

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How Tuition.IO Is Helping To Tame Student Debt, One Employee At A Time

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I eventually ended up here in 2012, where the company came out of an incubator here called Launchpad LA. We launched the site to the public in 2013. Plus, I graduated at the height of the recession, when job prospects weren't that great.

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Add Startups to Balance Your Portfolio, If You Dare

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Today these are only legal in the USA for non-equity rewards or pre-orders, but the JOBS Act will relax the accredited investor rule by early 2013. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 9/21/2012. Successful startups are all about the execution.

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