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The Valley

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The Valley is the remarkable story of how a sun-kissed silver of northern California was transformed by a ragtag assortment of immigrants, entrepreneurial outsiders, and technical visionaries into the cradle of the information revolution -- revitalizing America's economy, unleashing a technological Renaissance, and sparking what the legendary venture capitalist John Doerr calls "the largest legal creation of wealth in the history of the planet."Heilemann builds his narrative around a handful of Silicon Valley's most powerful and pivotal figures as he chronicles the successive wave of innovation, from the invention of the microprocessor to the rise of the PC to the explosion surrounding the Internet. Granted extraordinary and exclusive access to firms such as Intel, Sun Microsystems, and the venture capital citadel Kleiner Perkins, he offers intimate portraits of their leaders as they struggle for power over the industry that will shape the global economy in the new millennium.

Language: English

Pages: 448

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Release: September 01, 2000

ISBN: 088730916X

ISBN 13: 9780887309168

The Valley

0/5 ( ratings)

The Valley is the remarkable story of how a sun-kissed silver of northern California was transformed by a ragtag assortment of immigrants, entrepreneurial outsiders, and technical visionaries into the cradle of the information revolution -- revitalizing America's economy, unleashing a technological Renaissance, and sparking what the legendary venture capitalist John Doerr calls "the largest legal creation of wealth in the history of the planet."Heilemann builds his narrative around a handful of Silicon Valley's most powerful and pivotal figures as he chronicles the successive wave of innovation, from the invention of the microprocessor to the rise of the PC to the explosion surrounding the Internet. Granted extraordinary and exclusive access to firms such as Intel, Sun Microsystems, and the venture capital citadel Kleiner Perkins, he offers intimate portraits of their leaders as they struggle for power over the industry that will shape the global economy in the new millennium.

Language: English

Pages: 448

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Release: September 01, 2000

ISBN: 088730916X

ISBN 13: 9780887309168

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