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Meet the World Economic Forum's 2012 Technology Pioneers

Every year since 2000, the World Economic Forum has chosen 25 to 50 startups as Technology Pioneers. To be selected, companies must be developing exceptional innovations and have the potential to bring about long-term changes to business and society.  This year’s class includes LivingPlanIT, a European company that is developing an operating system for cities of the futureRead more

Russia's Serial Entrepreneurs Launch A New Crop of Hot Companies

U.S. skeptics said it couldn't be done but Natalya Kaspersky built a company inside Russia that today has annual revenues of $500 million and is ranked as one of the top five anti-virus companies worldwide. Now she is on to her next venture, InfoWatch, which is targeting another area of data security. Kaspersky is just one of the Russian serial entrepreneurs who presented their companies to global venture capitalists during a recent tech tour of Moscow, Tatarstan and Siberia. Click here to see the video and read the story.
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Tech Entrepeneur Martin Varsavsky: You Can Build Your Start-up Without Venture Capital.

Guest columnist Martin Varsavsky is a well-known tech entrepreneur and angel investor.  Born in Argentina and now based in Madrid, he is the founder of a number of tech companies in the U.S. and Europe, includig Viatel, Jazztel and FON.Read more

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