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History, culture and entrepreneurs

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Achievements: Inventions developed in Silicon Valley.

Blue Box:
Steve Jobs and the story of Apple Computer.
 
Business Survival: The art of keeping the business afloat.


Cityscape:
 Bay Area City Scenes.

Coastal Scenes: The Bay Area by the Sea.

Computer Miniaturization: The history of miniaturization and increased information processing power.

Culture: What's it like in Silicon Valley?

Discovery: Stories from Silicon Valley pioneers.

Disruptive Innovation: 
Taking risks as a company and individual — and being innovative.

Entertainers: Jerry Garcia talks about his early days in entertainment.

Entrepreneurship: The first Indian entrepreneur to start a high-tech business in Silicon Valley.

Failure: Don't let it stop you from trying. Steve Jobs explains.

Final Resting Places: Over 550 images of Bay Area cemeteries.

Founders and Inventors: Read what they believe that the future will hold.

Google: The founding of a popular search engine.

Green Technology: New industries in Silicon Valley.

Hewlett-Packard: HP and the audio oscillator.

History: Silicon Valley's history can be traced to origins in the 1890s.

Internet Timeline: 1957 to 2012.

Klystron: The Varian Brothers and WWII.

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Landscape: Images of Silicon Valley and the Northern California landscape.

Location: Where is Silicon Valley located?

Melting Pot: A major strength in Silicon Valley.

Microchip: Birth of the Microchip ~ the Intel Story.

Mindset: Mindset, failure and Silicon Valley founders.

Money: Getting the money to start a business.

Nature: Parks, Gardens & Wildlife Preserves in the Bay Area.

Opportunity Knocks: Company founders tell their stories.

Optical Mouse: Steve Kirsch tells the story of his invention.

Renaissance Connection: The Silicon Valley and European Renaissance connection.

Stanford University: Silicon Valley's connection to Stanford University.

Starting Up: Silicon Valley founders tell how they started their companies.

Stories: Founders share their Silicon Valley stories.

Terman & Stanford University:
Frederick Terman — the Father of Silicon Valley.

Tour of Silicon Valley: The Silicon Valley landscape.

Venture Capital: The arrival of the microprocessor.

Video game: Atari and the birth of the video game.

Vintage Computing: Vintage computers & electronics.

Vintage Silicon Valley: Headlines, stories & ads from the 19th & 20th centuries.

Wagon Wheel Restaurant: Hear about its role in shaping Silicon Valley technology.

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