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When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars

Steve Blank

Over the last half a century, Silicon Valley has grown into the leading technology and innovation cluster for the United States and the world. A company developing software would have to buy computers and license software from other companies and hire the staff to run and maintain it. The story to date is a familiar one.

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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

I’ve seen the Valley grow from Sunnyvale to Santa Clara to today where it stretches from San Jose to South of Market in San Francisco. I’ve watched the Valley go from Microwave Valley – to Defense Valley – to Silicon Valley to Internet Valley. So how did this happen? Where is it going?

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