Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Under 30, on the Cutting Edge
This crop of fresh faces is poised to shake up the tech world. Here's their advice to wannabe entrepreneurs.
Want to know what's hot in technology? Follow the money. That's what we did to find a fresh crop of tech's best young entrepreneurs. We surveyed dozens of VC firms, from Sequoia Capital in Silicon Valley to Austin Ventures in Texas to Battery Ventures in Boston, to find out who's generating buzz and getting funded -- if not bought.
We then combed through the nominees to find the dozen or so people who in our view are poised to make the biggest impact on technology, be it through innovative ideas, successful business plans, outstanding products, or all of the above.
You may be familiar with some finalists. We felt we couldn't overlook Skype's Janus Friis, who last year sold his brainchild to eBay for a handsome $2.6 billion. Others may be new to you. Take Guido Lanza, who founded Pharmix to reshape the way drugs are developed, or Mark Spencer, whose startup Digium uses open-source software to build low-cost, multifunction phone systems. All, we hope you'll agree, have the potential to shake up tech. Their profiles -- and advice for would-be entrepreneurs -- follow.
Special Report: Young Entrepreneurs of Tech
source:http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/03/tech_entrepreneurs/index_01.htm?campaign_id=ds1
Want to know what's hot in technology? Follow the money. That's what we did to find a fresh crop of tech's best young entrepreneurs. We surveyed dozens of VC firms, from Sequoia Capital in Silicon Valley to Austin Ventures in Texas to Battery Ventures in Boston, to find out who's generating buzz and getting funded -- if not bought.
We then combed through the nominees to find the dozen or so people who in our view are poised to make the biggest impact on technology, be it through innovative ideas, successful business plans, outstanding products, or all of the above.
You may be familiar with some finalists. We felt we couldn't overlook Skype's Janus Friis, who last year sold his brainchild to eBay for a handsome $2.6 billion. Others may be new to you. Take Guido Lanza, who founded Pharmix to reshape the way drugs are developed, or Mark Spencer, whose startup Digium uses open-source software to build low-cost, multifunction phone systems. All, we hope you'll agree, have the potential to shake up tech. Their profiles -- and advice for would-be entrepreneurs -- follow.
Special Report: Young Entrepreneurs of Tech
source:http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/03/tech_entrepreneurs/index_01.htm?campaign_id=ds1
# posted by dark master : 3/14/2006 10:03:00 AM
