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Troublemakers - How a Generation of Silicon Valley Upstarts Invented the Future (Hardcover)
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Troublemakers - How a Generation of Silicon Valley Upstarts Invented the Future (Hardcover)
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**THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE MONTH** THE GRIPPING
TALE OF THE EARLY FRONTIER DAYS OF SILICON VALLEY FROM ACCLAIMED
HISTORIAN LESLIE BERLIN. 'The book is compelling as it maps out the
building of the Valley, the challenges its early tech pioneers
faced, as well as highlighting those who reached dizzying success
only to suffer as the dot com bubble burst.' Financial Times
'Kaleidoscopic, ambitious, and brilliant, the book draws on a
dazzling cast of characters to chart the rise of the five
industries that have come to define technology today and,
collectively, to remake the world.' Eric Schmidt, former CEO of
Google and Executive Chairman of Alphabet, Inc. Leslie Berlin's
previous work has been acclaimed by the New York Times: 'so
engagingly narrated that you don't realize how much business and
technology you are learning along the way.' Between 1968 and 1976,
five landmark industries that shaped the modern world were launched
within 30 miles of each other: personal computing, video games,
biotechnology, modern venture capital and advanced semi-conductor
logic. The dominant players in many of those industries - firms
like Apple and Intel - had also been launched at the same time.
During those early days of Silicon Valley, the first ARPANET
transmission (now known as the Internet) came into a Stanford lab,
universities began licensing innovations to businesses, and the
Silicon Valley tech community began to develop their lobbying
clout. Now, for the first time, the stories of the men and women
who changed the world during these pivotal years are brought to
life in rich detail by respected Silicon Valley historian Leslie
Berlin. Berlin shines a light on the wild frontier days of Silicon
Valley where the old rules were broken, revealing how the modern
tech world was built and empires were forged. Troublemakers is a
compelling story of the upstarts of Silicon Valley that will appeal
to fans of HBO's Silicon Valley and Walter Isaacson's biography of
Steve Jobs. Further praise for Troublemakers: 'Leslie Berlin
combines the keen observations of an historian with gorgeous
writing and riveting storytelling to write the landmark book on the
Valley. The interwoven lives of wonderfully iconoclastic characters
bring the formative years of the Valley to life with sheer
brilliance. Troublemakers is a must-read for anyone hoping to
understand America's tech capital.' Julia Flynn Siler, New York
Times bestselling author of The House of Mondavi 'Leslie Berlin has
done it again. Following on her richly informative biography of
Intel co-founder Robert Noyce, The Man Behind the Microchip, Berlin
now brings us a definitive account of Silicon Valley's
"breakthrough years" in the 1970s. Troublemakers recounts the
fascinating careers of seven little-known but enormously impactful
players who shaped the Valley's unique high-tech ecosystem. As
entertaining as it is authoritative, Troublemakers is required
reading for anyone seeking to understand how the tech revolution
took root in the San Francisco Bay Area and eventually transformed
the entire planet's way of life.' David M. Kennedy, Donald J.
McLachlan Professor of History Emeritus at Stanford University,
winner of the Pulitzer Prize
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