For the last few weeks I have been doing something that, at first sight, probably looks remarkably unproductive. I have not incorporated a company. I have not hired anybody. I have not rented an office. I have not written a triumphant announcement saying that I am now the founder and CEO of the next revolutionary technology start-up. Instead, I have been asking questions. Lots of questions. I have been talking to Moldovan institutions, technology organisations, people involved with investment and exports, people involved with the IT industry, and people who understand the various programmes available to companies here. I have been trying to understand taxation, incorporation, intellectual property, investment, grants, export assistance, the Moldova Innovation Technology Park, and how all these pieces actually fit together. And the more of this homework I do, the more convinced I become that creating a technology company in Moldova is not merely one of my slightly eccentric ...