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The Next Generation of Tech Entrepreneurs 5

Craig Sender writes "Wanted to pass along the link to BusinessWeek Online's exclusive special report on tech's young entrepreneurs that was posted this morning. This new generation of tech visionaries are a little older and more experienced than back in the '90s heyday. However, they're just as inspired and determined..."
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The Next Generation of Tech Entrepreneurs

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  • Same people? (Score:4, Insightful)

    by SoCalChris ( 573049 ) on Thursday October 21, 2004 @11:10AM (#10588039) Journal
    This new generation of tech visionaries are a little older and more experienced than back in the '90s heyday. However, they're just as inspired and determined...

    Sounds like they're the same people. Hopefully they learned their lesson this time around.
  • New "Age" (Score:4, Insightful)

    by White Rabbit 132 ( 819971 ) on Thursday October 21, 2004 @11:20AM (#10588176)
    As far as I know, nobody ever said that someone had to be young and vigorous to be in the industry. If these fellows are the same guys, then they've (hopefully picked up some experience). If not, we should all admire their shining example of people who aren't afraid to leap into a competitive new field.

    But it is the same guys.
  • Most, if not all, of us know what happened in March of 2000. The Dot-Com Crash put a lot of us IT professionals out of work and left us searching for new IT positions only to find that these positions were seldom found. If they were found they were at a pay rate that was a far cry from what it was before March of 2000 only because there were so many of us with the skills and need for work. I'm still suffering from the Dot-Com crash, and being in the IT field for 12 years hasn't helped me at all. It left
  • People who can draw a vivid and exciting mental picture that convinces other people to invest their money in a dubious enterprise.

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