Coursera's online education platform has changed the way the world learns with its impressive array of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). But its partnership with indigenous and international bodies to deliver a live entrepreneurship course with specialist Greek content shows that local knowledge still matters.

Startups all over Europe are full of intrepid entrepreneurs who are keen to make their mark on the business world. As they grow and develop their companies, many of these Davids have aspirations to attract the attentions of a Goliath who will take them to the next level. Bugsense, a crash reporter for mobile phones, has done just that.   

Startups all over Europe are full of intrepid entrepreneurs who are keen to make their mark on the business world. As they grow and develop their companies, many of these Davids have aspirations to attract the attentions of a Goliath who will take them to the next level. Bugsense, a crash reporter for mobile phones, has done just that.   

In the digital age, there are few businesses that can truthfully say they still stick to the traditional 9-5 working day. Recognising the complications that arise from mobile communication and working remotely, an intrepid Greek-based startup is developing technology that complements the 'new normal' of employees staying connected even when outside the office.

Bred out of a combination of desperation and 60% youth unemployment, the tech scene in Greece is beginning to thrive. The latest success story is that of Workable, the developer of a cloud-based recruitment platform for SMEs, which has recently confirmed a new investment of $1.55 million.

Drones are rarely out of the news, but a humanitarian startup led by Greek-American entrepreneur Andreas Raptopoulos and his company Matternet aims to revolutionise the way we perceive these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Goliath online retail company Amazon has already gone public with their plans to use unmanned drones to deliver goods to their customers' homes, but Matternet has an even more innovative and admirable goal.

Athens-based Globo is considered one of the 10 strongest businesses in the world in Enterprise Mobility Management and in Mobile Application Development Technology. It is buying out Silicon Valley businesses and planning to create hundreds of jobs in the next few months in Greece and abroad. Maria Kagkelidou spoke to Kostis Papadimitrakopouls, Globo founder and CEO, who also presides over Greece's Association of Mobile Application Companies, to find out more. 

Marco Veremis, the leading figure of the Greek ICT industry and recently named Entrepreneur of the Year 2013 by EY, founded Upstream 12 years ago. Since then, Upstream, an Athens-based mobile monetization business, has become a world-leader in its field and an incubator for other entrepreneurial efforts such as Workable, the HR SaaS provider, and Persado, a pioneer at marketing language engineering.

Entrepreneurs try to find gaps in a market and swiftly move in to fill them. Greece's new generation of technology entrepreneurs are no exception to this age-old rule of business. 

Those that have been close to successful Lean startups know this is the most effective approach when exploring market opportunities and building high-performance teams. In the David and Goliath paradigm, part of being Lean is being open to working with large corporations to allow for access to market knowledge, as well as scale and distribution.

Last week, I spoke about the ever growing ecosystem of technology startups on the rise in Greece (mostly Athens). Here are four travel search engines emerging from Greece to add to the mix.