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1. The Birth Of Silicon Valley
Most of the modern technology that we hold dear today--from laptops to ATMs to iPhones--probably wouldn't exist if in 1957 a group of eight young geniuses hadn't banded together and left their brilliant but maniacal boss, William Shockley, to form the first venture-backed startup. Dubbed the "Traitorous Eight" by Shockley, the colleagues, who included future Intel cofounders Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce, would go on to build the first practical integrated circuit and the first wave of Valley companies. One of the eight, Jay Last, now 83, recalls how it happened.
Shockley was a brilliant scientist but a terrible manager. He'd won the Nobel Prize for inventing the transistor and started trying to make an impossible device that didn't work. So he took it out on us. We complained to Arnold Beckman, who funded Shockley Labs. At first he sided with us,...
1. The Birth Of Silicon Valley
Most of the modern technology that we hold dear today--from laptops to ATMs to iPhones--probably wouldn't exist if in 1957 a group of eight young geniuses hadn't banded together and left their brilliant but maniacal boss, William Shockley, to form the first venture-backed startup. Dubbed the "Traitorous Eight" by Shockley, the colleagues, who included future Intel cofounders Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce, would go on to build the first practical integrated circuit and the first wave of Valley companies. One of the eight, Jay Last, now 83, recalls how it happened.
Shockley was a brilliant scientist but a terrible manager. He'd won the Nobel Prize for inventing the transistor and started trying to make an impossible device that didn't work. So he took it out on us. We complained to Arnold Beckman, who funded Shockley Labs. At first he sided with us,...
- 1/16/2013
- by Fast Company
- Huffington Post
Kerry Katona's husband Mark Croft may be questioned by police over claims of dangerous driving, according to a report.
A recent episode of the couple's MTV series Crazy In Love saw cab driver Mark driving on the wrong side of a busy road. He made the risky move in a bid to overtake vehicles in front, after boasting about how he could shake off paparazzi photographers who were following his Mercedes.
"He was driving like a berk," one viewer, Graham Turner, . . .
A recent episode of the couple's MTV series Crazy In Love saw cab driver Mark driving on the wrong side of a busy road. He made the risky move in a bid to overtake vehicles in front, after boasting about how he could shake off paparazzi photographers who were following his Mercedes.
"He was driving like a berk," one viewer, Graham Turner, . . .
- 5/4/2008
- by Daniel_Kilkelly_imdb_@digitalspy.co.uk (Daniel Kilkelly)
- Digital Spy
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