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Putting Tom Perkins Comments into Context

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. “I’m called the king of Silicon Valley. You are now the bumbling dunce of Silicon Valley. If Marc Andreessen barely knows Tom Perkins you can be assured Mr. Perkins is not the king of anything in Silicon Valley. Is Silicon Valley to blame. I’m sorry, Mr. Perkins.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

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My mom was an entrepreneur – she was kind of my inspiration for entrepreneurship. She was president of the UJA in Sacramento – the United Jewish Appeal. Then she opened a bakery and a second bakery and then a restaurant – in Sacramento. Then everyone just started calling me a serial entrepreneur.

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Please go see “Waiting for Superman.” Here’s Why:

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Workers in middle & low-income America can’t get jobs while Silicon Valley can’t get enough high-quality developers. I grew up in Sacramento, CA where nobody that I knew sent their kids to private schools. I graduated this class and at all of 16 years old wanted to be an entrepreneur.