【聯合晚報╱法新社】
匈牙利欲成中歐新創企業之都
Hungary strives to be central Europe’s start-up capital
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From a sleek, modern office in the middle of Budapest's old town, Ustream provides live video streaming to clients such as Samsung and Sony.
在布達佩斯老街區裡的一個時髦現代辦公室，Ustream提供即時影像串流服務給客戶，包括三星與索尼。
Nearby, Prezi has created a zooming presentation tool that even U2 singer Bono used last year for a talk on global poverty.
附近的Prezi打造出能夠放大呈現的簡報工具，連U2主唱波諾去年都用它來演講全球貧窮問題。
These are just two of about 200 start-ups which have sprung up in Hungary in recent years, with the government pushing for the nation to become central Europe's start-up capital by 2020.
近年在匈牙利竄起大約200家新創公司，上述只是其中兩家。匈牙利政府期許到2020年時，匈牙利成為中歐的新創企業之都。
Availability of capital, well-trained engineers and low salaries:professionals here insist Budapest is an ideal base for IT start-ups.
專業人士說，布達佩斯是資訊科技新創公司的理想基地：資金易取得、工程師訓練精良、薪資低。
"With all the available talent, we thought we would do better here instead of being just another start-up in Silicon Valley," said Gyula Feher, 36,founder and chief technical officer of Ustream.
Ustream的36歲創辦人與科技長菲赫爾說，「在矽谷我們只是一間新創公司，這裡有這麼多人才可用，我們覺得在這會做得更好」。
The company, set up in 2007 with two US partners, is now worth an estimated $150 million (113 million euros).
2007年，他與兩個美國夥伴合作創立該公司，目前市值估計1.5億美元。
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