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Why Europe isn’t creating Googles, Facebooks

Micha Benoliel grew up in France and launched his first technology startup there, but he never forgot the atmosphere of adventure and optimism in San Francisco, where he studied in the early 1990s.

So when he came up with an idea for a smartphone app that could send messages without Internet or cellular connections, he went back to California in 2011 to pursue his dream.

"I knew the only way to change the world was from here," says Benoliel, the CEO of Open Garden, the maker of the FireChat messaging app.

By MATTI HUUHTANEN

Full Story: http://www.sltrib.com/home/2978586-155/why-europe-isnt-creating-googles-facebooks

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