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DESCRIPTION:(NOTE: This event is only open to SJSU students\, faculty and s
 taff.)\n\nSilicon Valley is commonly acknowledged as the tech capital of t
 he world. How did Silicon Valley come into being\, and what can we learn f
 or our own careers? The story goes back to local Hams trying to break RCA'
 s tube patents\, Stanford "angel" investors\, the sinking of the Titanic\,
  WW II and radar\, and the SF Bay Area infrastructure that developed –th
 ese factors pretty much determined that the semiconductor and IC industrie
 s would be located in the Santa Clara Valley\, and that the Valley would r
 emain the world’s innovation center as new technologies emerge –digita
 l\, then software\, biotech\, VR\, autonomous vehicles\, artificial intell
 igence\, LLMs –and be the model for innovation worldwide.\nThis talk wil
 l give an exciting and colorful history of development and innovation that
  began in Palo Alto in 1909. You'll meet some of the colorful characters 
 –Cyril Elwell\, Lee De Forest\, Bill Eitel\, Charles Litton\, Fred Terma
 n\, David Packard\, Bill Hewlett\, Bill Shockley and others –who came to
  define our worldwide electronics industries through their inventions and 
 process development. You'll understand some of the novel management approa
 ches that have become the hallmarks of its tech startups. In this talk\, t
 he key Silicon Valley attributes will be illustrated and analyzed\, for co
 nsideration by engineers interested in creating their own start-ups and hi
 gh-tech businesses\, working for them\, or simply understanding them.\n\nS
 peaker(s): Paul Wesling\, \n\nSan Jose State Unversity\, San Jose\, Califo
 rnia\, United States\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/545434
LOCATION:San Jose State Unversity\, San Jose\, California\, United States\,
  Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/545434
ORGANIZER:maria.gorchichko@gmail.com
SEQUENCE:22
SUMMARY:Characteristics of Successful Tech Hubs and Start-ups: Lessons for 
 Engineers
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/545434
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><em>(NOTE: This event is only open to SJSU
  students\, faculty and staff.)</em></p>\n<p>Silicon Valley is commonly ac
 knowledged as the tech capital of the world. How did Silicon Valley come i
 nto being\, and what can we learn for our own careers? The story goes back
  to local Hams trying to break RCA's tube patents\, Stanford "angel" inves
 tors\, the sinking of the Titanic\, WW II and radar\, and the SF Bay Area 
 infrastructure that developed &ndash\;these factors pretty much determined
  that the semiconductor and IC industries would be located in the Santa Cl
 ara Valley\, and that the Valley would remain the world&rsquo\;s innovatio
 n center as new technologies emerge &ndash\;digital\, then software\, biot
 ech\, VR\, autonomous vehicles\, artificial intelligence\, LLMs &ndash\;an
 d be the model for innovation worldwide.<br>This talk will give an excitin
 g and colorful history of development and innovation that began in Palo Al
 to in 1909. You'll meet some of the colorful characters &ndash\;Cyril Elwe
 ll\, Lee De Forest\, Bill Eitel\, Charles Litton\, Fred Terman\, David Pac
 kard\, Bill Hewlett\, Bill Shockley and others &ndash\;who came to define 
 our worldwide electronics industries through their inventions and process 
 development. You'll understand some of the novel management approaches tha
 t have become the hallmarks of its tech startups. In this talk\, the key S
 ilicon Valley attributes will be illustrated and analyzed\, for considerat
 ion by engineers interested in creating their own start-ups and high-tech 
 businesses\, working for them\, or simply understanding them.</p>
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