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And speaking of capitalism, George Papandreou’s, the former Prime Minister of Greece and the poster child for the European economic crisis, TED Global talk is already live. I served as Chairman leading up to the acquisition.] But I would argue in B2B SaaS (Software as a Service) businesses if you really know the market?—?and

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