Yet again we were featured in BusinessWeek. Almost a year ago, the American magazine nominated Debatrix’ co-founder Lars Duursma among Europe’s Top-3 of Young Entrepreneurs. This week, the magazine interviewed the winners to see what happened since their nomination. Here’s a quote from the article:

A Persuasive Case

What about the No. 3 vote-getter, Lars Duursma? His Rotterdam company, Debatrix, has gone gangbusters since last fall. Debatrix offers an unusual range of services, including communications coaching and managing public debates for corporate and public-sector clients. In the last year, Duursma says, revenues have soared 300%. Thanks in part to the exposure he gained from the BusinessWeek contest, Duursma has become a highly-visible expert on rhetoric and persuasion, appearing often on Dutch TV and radio shows, especially during last fall’s election. The energetic entrepreneur writes frequent newspaper columns on political speech and other topics and has launched a Dutch blog on the art of debate. He’s also at work on what he promises will be a “provocative and entertaining” book about persuasion. Debatrix, meanwhile, is set to open its first office outside the Netherlands, in Istanbul. Duursma calls Turkey “one of the biggest and most attractive markets in Europe,” and says he thinks good debate will help Turkey and the West communicate better. He’s also talking with potential partners about opening other international branch offices.

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