Moscow Times
BOSTON — In the city where the American revolution began in the 1770s and the east coast dot-com revolution was launched more than 200 years later, four teams of young Russian entrepreneurs are working to revolutionize the way the world sees high-tech companies from Russia as they take part in a prestigious competition for startups.
The teams, consisting of two Russians each, were among 128 new business entrepreneurs from around the world selected for this year’s MassChallenge, “the largest accelerator competition in the world,” said Scott Bailey, MassChallenge’s director of partnerships.
Over the next four months, the Russians will meet with mentors, make business connections, try to raise funds, polish up their business plans, and possibly win one of four top prizes of $100,000.