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The Year of the Ecosystem

We call this the year of the ecosystem. There’s a race on to attract talent and develop fresh ways to spark ideas and build thriving new enterprises. No borders or walls can hem in this creativity. We traced the globe…

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Web Summit Goes 10X

Entering the massive beehive of Lisbon’s 70,000-strong Web Summit, we quickly grasped the attractions of Europe’s biggest tech conference. You could feel the local pulse of innovation. Absorb the buzz of the hottest new trends. Converse directly with Portuguese movers…

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Bright Pixel and Startup Portugal Rev Up for Web Summit

It’s Thursday night in Lisbon’s bustling Chiado district, revelers packed into an old stone courtyard, festooned with a string of lights, doing what Lisboetas do so well, leaning in early to start the weekend. Bright Pixel, a hot local company…

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Security in Numbers: Europe Leads Cybersecurity Awareness

“We will never be secure until security is on everybody’s mind,” declared Mårten Mickos, the Finnish-born CEO of HackerOne. “With cybersecurity, we must be open and sharing and collaborative, and then it will work.” Willem Jonker, CEO of EU-backed EIT…

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