Silicon Valley is a true-life Tomorrowland. Far more than an engine of economic growth and worldwide symbol of technological know-how, the Valley competes with Hollywood and Washington in the cultures of money, celebrity, and success. It is a place where tinkerers become Internet tycoons literally overnight -- a place where everyday life meets virtual reality meets unadulterated myth. It's also the only place in the world where you can buy $14 ostrich salami or pay $1 million for a fixer-upper home.In the first full-scale portrait of this fabled high-tech corner of California, an award-winning Newsweek culture writer traces the sky-rocket rise of Silicon Valley from 1938, when Bill Hewlett and David Packard started in a Palo Alto garage, to the wired corporate "campuses" of today, where young billionaires confront "The Prince of Darkness" (Bill Gates) and "Elvis" himself, Larry Ellison. We see Steve Jobs evolve from prodigy to parish to elder statesman, observe the influence of venture capitalists such as John Doerr, and watch a new generation of electronic alchemists turn megabytes into megabucks at the head of companies like Netscape and Yahoo!

Silicon Boys: And Their Valley of Dreams

Biographies & Memoirs

David A. Kaplan

Professionals & Academics

Sagebrush Education Resources

Gold gave birth to the modern California in the 1850s. Now Silicon Valley, California is the "wild west" of the late-20th century. The new frontier is cyberspace and the new gold is silicon. Mix together obsessed engineers, marketeers, venture capitalists and even a lawyer or two with nobody in charge except rampant capitalism and you get the "Silicon Boys"; including "The Woz", Bill Gates and others who set up companies worth billions of dollars that became household names - Apple, Microsoft, Intel and Oracle. This book introduces the venture capitalists who adopted the philosophy that you can only lose your money once but you can also borrow it again to make a return of 1000 times your investment. It also reveals the mistake that cost IBM $100 billion and got Bill Gates started; how Oracle started on $2000 in 1977 and is now worth $35 billion; those who didn't make it.

The Silicon Boys: And Their Valley of Dreams

Allen And Unwin

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Silicon Boys: And Their Valley of Dreams

The Silicon Boys: And Their Valley of Dreams