The secret history of Silicon Valley (video)
Despite what today’s young entrepreneurs might think, Silicon Valley didn’t launch with the Internet – or even Steve Jobs. It goes back to the World War II days. Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank has given talks on the evolution of the Valley to both the CIA’s Venture Capital firm In-Q-Tel and the American Business Associaton of Russian Speaking Professionals.
His full lecture is below – and we’ll warn you, it’s a lot longer than the usual video clips we host here in the Entrepreneur Corner — over an hour long. It’s full of fascinating information about the Valley’s history, though (and let’s be honest, who’s working hard on the Friday before Christmas)?
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Chris Morris is editor of the Entrepreneur Corner on VentureBeat, helping start-up business owners launch and grow their companies. He previously worked at Yahoo! Finance, where he was managing editor, and as director of content development at CNNMoney.com. He is also a widely respected journalist in the video game and technology fields, whose work has appeared in Variety, CNBC.com, AOL and Forbes.com. Follow him on Twitter at @MorrisatLarge
