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What Mattered in 2012: Aber Whitcomb, io/LA

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Aber Whitcomb is a partner at startup co-working and incubation community io/LA , CTO of SGN , and former co-founder and CTO of MySpace. We've also invented and patented a new technology called "MasterKey" that allows people to play our games natively on all relevant social and mobile platforms. Don't bet on any one platform.

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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 was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year?

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TechZulu Presents 2012 Startup Forecast | Featuring Science, Tech Coast Angels, Amplify, StartEngine, upStart.LA

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TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2012 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. We have a line up of amazing speakers who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2012. 24 7pm at Coloft in Santa Monica. OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start. Venue Sponsor.

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Why Warner Bros. Is Tapping Into The World Of Technology Startups

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Our sister company, Turner, began Media Camp San Francisco in 2012. These companies were each offering a product or platform that really addressed one of those areas. These companies had an opportunity and amazing access to wherever their company or product had a fit for our businesses. Are you going to do this again?

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Miigle Revisited | A SoCal Startup With a Global Mission

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We first interviewed Luc in 2012, just as he was launching the prototype for Miigle. LB: Currently, we are about 75% and that’s really because in this phase we have developed what I think is the most critical aspect of our platform, which is the technology that allows us to truly build our community. Again, we’ve made this very easy.

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A New Era For Entrepreneurs And Startups Has Begun

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That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion.

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HipTraveler | Taking Startup Competitions by Storm

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The company was founded in 2012, developed by an all-Trojan team and has already made a big splash with this first-of-its-kind travel website. We believe we’ve pointed the ship in the right direction and research is certainly on our side, but it’s our customers that are truly building the eventual product.