Google Tech Talks
December 18, 2007
How Stanford & the CIA/NSA Built the Valley We Know Today, presented by Steve Blank.
How much does an average Googler know about the history of the place he/sh...
Google Tech Talks December 18, 2007
How Stanford & the CIA/NSA Built the Valley We Know Today, presented by Steve Blank.
How much does an average Googler know about the history of the place he/she 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.
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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Wow. A google conference, and they can't get their stuff right. That would be a LANCASTER, not LANCHESTER. Built by AVRO. I have seen one fly personally. Much better useful load than a B-17 and faster I think too. Destroyed dams in the Rhineland. Nubs.
4:47 - BRITISH did not stand alone - this guy is obviously not a professional historian. Within a few days of Britain declaring war New Zealand, Australia, Canada, India and the rest of the free world - not including USA declared war on Nazi Germany. I am not a professional historian either but come on!
You are not even an amature historian. New Zealand, Australia, Canada, India were all colonies of Britain having the same leader, Queen Elizabeth. That is why he said Britain not UK. :) Do not attack people if you are not sure
I am afraid you are in error. Re-check your assumptions before disregarding my comments. Churchill was in fact the leader of UK - the royal family have been figure heads since 18th century when parliament became sovereign in england. In NZ parliament can make any law, basically do anything - it is called a parliament democracy. same for all members of commonwealth. So my comment saying it was not just UK and USA in WW2 is right - many countries helped fight nazis before USA officially entered.
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So of course they declared war.