8 Fairchild Semiconductor and Its Influence

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. CONTENTS ix
5. FIGURES, TABLES, AND MAP xiii
6. CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES xv
7. 1 The Silicon Valley Habitat 1
8. 2 Mysteries of the Region 16
9. PART I Silicon Valley Today
10. INTRODUCTION 43
11. 3 A Profile of the Valley's Evolving Structure 46
12. 4 Life in Silicon Valley 59
13. 5 Innovation in Business Models 81
14. 6 Four Styles of Valley Entrepreneurship 94
15. 7 Changing Everything The Internet Revolution and Silicon Valley 124
16. PART II The Evolution of Silicon Valley
17. INTRODUCTION 153
18. 8 Fairchild Semiconductor and Its Influence 158
19. 9 Serendipity or Strategy 184
20. 10 The Role of Stanford University 200
21. 11 Social Networks in Silicon Valley 218
22. 12 Networks of Immigrant Entrepreneurs 248
23. PART III A Clustered Community
24. INTRODUCTION 271
25. 13 Venture Capitalists 276
26. 14 The Valley of Deals 295
27. 15 Fueling the Revolution 314
28. 16 Advising the New Economy 325
29. 17 Shepherding the Faithful 342
30. 18 Guiding the Innovators 355
31. 19 Free Advice 370
32. Afterword: Sustaining the Edge 380
33. NOTES 385
34. REFERENCES 399
35. INDEX 409