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- Session 3
History of Silicon Valley & Stanford
Summary
This session will help us to understand a bit about the history and tradition
of entrepreneurship at Stanford and in the Valley. It will provide context
for the upcoming nine months. We will also discuss current issues facing
Silicon Valley.
Required Readings
(Policy
on Required Readings.)
- Review the web page for the term project assignment.
- Review Steve Blank's website.
- Managing the Small to Mid-Sized Company by Collins and Lazier: Chapters 1-5 (handout in binder)
- Technology Ventures by Dorf and Byers: Chapters 1-5 (Highlights: 1.1, 1.2, 1.8, 2.1, 2.4, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.4, 5.3-5)
- The Startup Game by Jerry Kaplan
(from "Startup, A Silicon Valley Adventure")
- Watch the following short video clips:
Skim the following readings:
Study Questions
(Policy
on Study Questions.)
- Why is it important that we study the history of Silicon Valley?
- What factors have been most important in Silicon Valley's success in high-technology
entrepreneurship?
- What role(s) has Stanford played?
- What are Stanford's priorities for the coming decade?
- What could go right in Silicon Valley in the coming decade? What could
go wrong?