Hardware Podcasts

The Cost Of Doing Business

The Amp Hour · 28 Aug 2015 · 1h 05m · Episode 264

What this episode covers

Hosts Dave Jones and Chris Gammell discuss the implications of work culture in engineering companies, contrasting the bootstrapping success of Artifruit with the high-pressure environments of traditional tech firms. They analyze Altium's acquisition of Octopart and Siva, and debate the viability of a new Chinese FPGA manufacturer, GoWin Semi, focusing on toolchain complexity and market trust. The conversation also touches on the challenges of scaling small hardware businesses and the social dynamics of office culture.

Most relevant to

companies scaling up and large enterprises

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Altium, Octopart, Siva, GoWin Semi, Synopsys, Artifruit, SparkFun, Xilinx, Actel, Polar Instruments
Products
CircuitMaker
Tools
Simulink, Simplify Pro

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