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Sam Trendall
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As this country's highest profile IT entrepreneur casts doubt on the UK's ability to cultivate an industry giant, we ask what it takes to make a great technology business

He may often have been dubbed the British Bill Gates, but Mike Lynch recently said in a speech that, in the current business and legislative climate, he doubted that a UK tech start-up could grow i...

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