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EDA: not boring enough

Posted on February 10, 2009 by paulmcl

EDA is fun. Innovation is fun and not many businesses require as much innovation as EDA. Working in an EDA startup in particular was (and still can be) a lot of fun because the ratio of innovation to meetings, company … Continue reading →

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Venture capital for your grandmother

Posted on January 29, 2009 by paulmcl

Like many of us in Silicon Valley, I often encounter people (hi Dad!) who don’t understand venture capital. I don’t mean all the details, I mean just the basic way investment is done in a startup. Often, even employees in … Continue reading →

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Venture capital for EDA is dead

Posted on January 22, 2009 by paulmcl

There have been a couple of recent articles about venture capital in Business Week, ABC News and elsewhere. They have focused on venture capital being broken since many funds are losing money and even that venture capital, in aggregate, is investing … Continue reading →

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