A History of Silicon Valley
The Largest Creation of Wealth in the History of the Planet
A Moral Tale
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The first edition (the "Red Book") sold out quickly (in literally a few weeks).
My co-author Arun Rao re-edited and incorporated the 2013 updates for a vastly revised second edition, the "Blue Book" (only available as an ebook). In 2016 piero scaruffi vastly updated his chapters only for the 500-page "Green Book", which was almost a third edition ("almost" because it does not include Arun's chapters). In September 2019 piero scaruffi updated the book to 2019 and split the book into two volumes, the "Yellow Book" |
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In 2023 a "purple edition" was published that includes a 50-page chapter about the last few years and many additions to all chapters, for a total of 700 pages.
Paper version: vol 1 and vol 2 |
If you prefer the old editions, click on the picture:
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The first edition (the "Red Book") was a book of 537 pages. Below the original data.
This book is the first history of Silicon Valley from 1900 to 2010. It is a comprehensive study of the greatest creation of wealth in the history of the world. The book has two parts. A series of chapters provides a chronological narrative that covers one century, from the establishment of Stanford University to the age of Facebook. A parallel series of chapters follows significant stories within the story, covering radio, HP, microchips, Fairchild, venture capital, Xerox PARC, software, Apple Computer, and the internet. Silicon Valley did not happen in a vacuum: the book also explores the surrounding social and cultural environment of the Bay Area.
Check out excerpts from the chapters (2012-13 edition)
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