Trinity Ventures EIR Mehdi Maghsoodnia thinks entrepreneurship is 'critical to our way of life' In this interview, Bambi Francisco interviews Mehdi Maghsoodnia, investor and Executive in Residence at Trinity Ventures, a venture firm in Silicon Valley. Mehdi has over 20 years of experience in areas of Internet applications, e-commerce, consumer services, enterprise and mobile solutions. Importantly, the two discuss why the government shouldn’t be spending billions of dollars to defend an auto industry that's not competitive. And, why there should be a greater discussion around how to invest more in startups and entrepreneurship.  BF: Mehdi, we're living through the most challenging economic times in history and millions of jobs are lost. Hundreds of thousands of jobs are lost every week and it seems like Silicon Valley could be a bigger part of the discussion ...   [ Read more ]