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Wendy Phillips
Aug 8, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/8/99
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"The Silicon Boys and Their Valley of Dreams"
by David A. Kaplan
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0688161480/wendysmall
Pop quiz: Where are American kids taught the nuances of
being millionaires as part of their junior high curriculum?
Where do guests at a posh outdoor party grouse about the
defects of high-end flushable Porta-Johns? Where does a
school auction rake in $439,000? The answer: Silicon Valley,
of course. David A. Kaplan captures all that excess and more
in "The Silicon Boys." Kaplan's book is a history of the
Valley, from the time when Stanford professor Frederick
Terman encouraged David Packard and Bill Hewlett to
establish their own company to when Sequoia Capital invested
$1 million in a startup founded by Jerry Yang and David
Filo.
by David A. Kaplan
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0688161480/wendysmall
Pop quiz: Where are American kids taught the nuances of
being millionaires as part of their junior high curriculum?
Where do guests at a posh outdoor party grouse about the
defects of high-end flushable Porta-Johns? Where does a
school auction rake in $439,000? The answer: Silicon Valley,
of course. David A. Kaplan captures all that excess and more
in "The Silicon Boys." Kaplan's book is a history of the
Valley, from the time when Stanford professor Frederick
Terman encouraged David Packard and Bill Hewlett to
establish their own company to when Sequoia Capital invested
$1 million in a startup founded by Jerry Yang and David
Filo.
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