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5 Meetings That Changed The World

YoungUpstarts

Before Ford became one of the most significant names in the automobile industry, he worked for Edison at the Edison Illuminating Company between 1891 and 1898 as an engineer. The founders of Apple Inc. The two bonded over their shared interests and went on to co-create one of the most revered, influential brands in technology.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II.

Steve Blank

. —————- The next piece of the Secret History of Silicon Valley puzzle came together when Tom Byers , Tina Selig and Mark Leslie invited me to teach entrepreneurship in the Stanford Technology Ventures Program ( STVP ) in Stanford’s School of Engineering. My office is in the Terman Engineering Building.