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China – The Sleeper Awakens (Part 1 of 5)

Steve Blank

This was the China I grew up with – the one where private enterprise was a crime and marketing wasn’t a profession. For example, as the semiconductor business started, the largest customers for Fairchild’s and Texas Instruments new integrated circuits were the Apollo Guidance Computer and the guidance system for the Minuteman II ICBM.

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China – The Sleeper Awakens (Part 1 of 5)

Steve Blank

This was the China I grew up with – the one where private enterprise was a crime and marketing wasn’t a profession. For example, as the semiconductor business started, the largest customers for Fairchild’s and Texas Instruments new integrated circuits were the Apollo Guidance Computer and the guidance system for the Minuteman II ICBM.

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If I Told You I'd Have to Kill You: The Story Behind “The Secret.

Steve Blank

And you’d like me to do my talk on Customer Development and startups?” “No, we’re the other CIA.” Filed under: Air Force , Secret History of Silicon Valley | Tagged: Steve Blank « Watch This Space SuperMac War Story 4: Repositioning SuperMac – “Market Type&# at Work » 14 Responses Michael F.