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ParAccel Raises $22M

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San Diego- and Cupertino-based ParAccel , a developer of software for massively parallel databases used for data warehousing analytics, announced today that it has raised $22M in a venture capital round. ParAccel said the funding will go towards product development, sales and marketing, and to ramp up services and support.

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What Startups Can Learn From The Pizza Business: Samit Varma

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However, for today''s interview, we''ve decided to venture a bit farther afield--talking to Samit Varma , founder of Los Angeles-based pizza franchise Pizza Studio (www.pizzastudio.com). How did you go from venture capital to running a franchise restaurant chain? Samit Varma: I was an entrepreneur before going to the VC world.

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