He was then an entrepreneur, a founder of Business Signatures and founding chief technology officer of Webvan Group, both of which were sold.
Mr Poizner, having made his money by founding and selling technology companies, is California's insurance commissioner.
After founding four successful technology companies (including ePrize) and experiencing my fair share of ups and downs, I came together with Dan Gilbert and Brian Hermelin to form yet another startup.
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Of course Apple is the founding father of this whole technology boom, with the consumer mobile devices that it developed.
"We're not here to replace anything, "says Mr. Pang, who was involved with other video technology companies before founding Prima.
Ahmed Ishmael , founding Director at Siyafunda Community Technology Centres (CTC) , calls small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) the backbone of the country.
Ian Bogost, a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a founding partner of Persuasive Games, theorizes that a shaky global economy has forced some companies to take a pause from investing in serious games.
Since that time, Shani has managed to scale his fortune through founding, investing in and selling technology companies.
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The forum's founding members are all involved in advanced technology and solutions associated with the Internet of Things, including commercial infrastructure monitoring, energy-saving street lighting, home automation, energy monitoring and low power radio technology for sensors.
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Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is co-founding a political-advocacy group composed of technology leaders to push for federal immigration changes, among other issues.
Bisciotti made his dough founding and running companies that provide staffing in the technology sector.
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Wadhwani, born in India 52 years ago and schooled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, had founded a software firm (since sold to ABB of Switzerland) and was chief executive of Cimflex Technology (computer-assisted manufacturing) before founding Aspect in Mountain View, California, in 1991.
Since its founding in 1976, Acer has broken barriers between people and technology, enabling users to explore, create and grow.
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Technology startups typically have a hacker-and-hustler founding pair.
Since its founding in 2005 the company has created 15 subsidiary companies based on technology like magnetoresistive random access memory from New York University and a salt-intake monitoring system from Cornell University.
Technology developed by the joint venture will be based on established solutions from the founding companies.
In 1994, Rheingold became the founding executive editor of HotWired magazine, an edgy publication that explored the outer reaches of technology and thinking.
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The patented plastic display technology in QUE has been 10 years in development, since Plastic Logic's founding by researchers from the renowned University of Cambridge (UK) Cavendish Labs.
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The UKNC is a founding partner of PSM2009, a meeting of over 50 leaders and professionals from media, communications and technology, government and social enterprise.
During the opening ceremonies for the world competition this year Dean introduced Will.i.am, one of the founding members of the music group, The Black Eyed Peas, who spoke about the importance of technology and getting kids involved to provide the technical leadership required in the future.
"Of course when you are founding a company you say yes to almost anything, " says Michael Klug, a founder and now chief technology officer.
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