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Paul Cook
Lessons for CleanTech Entrepreneurs: Raychem CEO Paul Cook (Part 4)
Now that we have a bit of background about Raychem’s history, we can begin the conversation with Paul on the philosophy and mechanics of building the company, and what we can learn from it. SM: To get started, I would like to ask you to share some thoughts about your philosophy, and perhaps give some
Lessons for CleanTech Entrepreneurs: Raychem CEO Paul Cook (Part 3)
[This part of the story is written by Paul Cook] Our first crisis occurred in September when the “tube” of our GE EBG burned out. Halperin got the job of getting a new tube fast so that our manufacturing could continue. The new tube didn’t work nor the one after that nor the one after
Lessons for CleanTech Entrepreneurs: Raychem CEO Paul Cook (Part 2)
[This part of the story is written by Paul Cook himself] Late in 1956, I rented a building in Redwood City, bought some used office furniture and arranged to acquire the world’s first commercial electron beam generator from the General Electric Company. I moved in on New Year’s Day 1957. I hired a handful of
Lessons for CleanTech Entrepreneurs: Raychem CEO Paul Cook (Part 1)
Paul Cook is a legend. I had the great honor to spend some time with Paul over the last few weeks, understanding the story of how he built Raychem from scratch. Today, Silicon Valley has embarked on yet another evolution in its history, and has been consistently committing huge chunks of capital on a genre
