The Secret History of Silicon Valley

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Google Tech Talks
December, 18 2007

How Stanford the CIA/NSA Built the Valley We Know Today

How much does an average Googler know about the history of the place
he works in? Silicon Valley.
Come and test your knowledge. I have seen this talk and I assure you -
even seasoned Silicon Valley
veterans will find this story interesting. Silicon Valley entrepreneur
Steve Blank will talk about how
World War II set the stage for the creation and explosive growth of
Silicon Valley, and the role of
Frederick Terman and Stanford in working with government agencies
(including the CIA and the
National Security Agency) to set up companies in this area that
sparked the creation of hundreds
of other enterprises.

Speaker: Steve Blank
Steve Blank spent nearly 30 years as founder and executive of high
tech companies in Silicon Valley,
most recently the enterprise software firm E.piphany. He has been
involved in or co-founded eight
Silicon Valley startups, ranging from semiconductors to video games,
and personal computers to
supercomputers. He teaches entrepreneurship at U.C. Berkeley's Haas
School of Business,
Columbia University and Stanford's Graduate School of Engineering.

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Uploaded: December 21, 2007 at 12:12 pm
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Length: 00:56:31
Rating: 4.66
Views: 85979

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Video Comments:
Juju3322 (September 28, 2008 at 10:53 pm)
oh men, the Germans (im one) we were damn scarry at that time. Good that u took us down. Imagine Germany had 10-20 more years of tech-development ...
MozzerRocks (September 27, 2008 at 3:51 am)
I feel bad for this guy. Sounds like he's having a mild panic attack while presenting and he's trying to hide it. Poor dude.
DvsPolak (September 23, 2008 at 7:30 pm)
noticed that too, he seams like hes gunna cry
tigerone1970 (September 20, 2008 at 3:28 am)
Professor Steve Blank sounds like he is close to a nervous breakdown. Maybe the last few years haven't agreed with him. I hope he is doing well.
ofthemonster (September 16, 2008 at 8:23 am)
Canada was also there, just sayin..
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BRAINY21212 (August 22, 2008 at 11:56 am)
This idiot obviously doesn't know the difference between a Lanchester CAR and a Lancaster BOMBER. However, I do believe there was a Lanchester torpedo bomber in WORLD WAR I - perhaps he is just confused!
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JimNtexas (August 1, 2008 at 11:59 pm)
As a former USAF EF-111A navigator I found this video fascinating. The USAF EW School in San Antonio ought to invite Mr Blank out to speak to the students there.
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