“I think there are four or five interesting pockets where a lot of cool technology companies are getting started. Chicago is one of them. New York is certainly another. Silicon Valley really dominates. And you're seeing some stuff out of Boston and Seattle and down South.” ThinkingStuffInterestingCompanyTechnologyFiveFourSeeingNew YorkSouthPocketsChicagoValleysBostonSeattleSiliconSilicon ValleyGetting Started Author:Eric Lefkofsky
“I remember when being a 'a company man' was a badge of honor; today in Silicon Valley it may brand you a loser or, in the best case scenario, someone afraid to take risks. Ten years ago, if you saw a resume that had multiple jobs in ten years, you would be worried about the capability of the individual. Not so now.” IfsMenYearsMayWould BeTodayJobsRememberIndividualCompanyCasesSawsRiskHonorTenYears AgoBrandsWorriedLoserValleysCapabilityMultipleRemember WhenScenariosResumesBadgesSiliconSilicon ValleyMultiple Jobs Author:Maynard Webb
“The technology companies don't understand creative things at all. Silicon Valley's view of the creative process in Hollywood is a bunch of guys in their young thirties sitting on a couch, drinking beer, and thinking up jokes.” ThinkingYoungGuyProcessViewsCompanyTechnologyCreativeJokesSittingHollywoodDrinkingBunchBeerValleysCreative ProcessCouchesSiliconSilicon ValleyDrinking Beer Author:Steve Jobs
“Running a successful, growing company in Silicon Valley can create an ironic sort of depression and delusion. The better you're doing, the higher the stakes, and higher expectations for you to win. Maybe that's why people say it's so hard. But that doesn't make it hard. That just makes it distracting.” PeopleHardRunningWinningCompanySuccessfulGrowingHigherExpectationsDelusionValleysIronicStakesSiliconSilicon Valley Author:David Ulevitch
“Here in Silicon Valley, I have taken part in hundreds of conversations trying to convince people to dive in and become entrepreneurs. All too often, innovators with good, safe, jobs are unwilling to put their family's access to health care at risk by walking away from company-backed medical insurance.” PeopleTryingCareJobsCompanyTakenRiskWalkingSafeConversationEntrepreneurAccessMedicalHealth CareConvinceValleysUnwillingInnovatorsSiliconSilicon ValleyWalking AwayMedical Insurance Author:Eric Ries
“In Silicon Valley, when you're a private company, the entrepreneur can do no wrong.” Can DoCompanyEntrepreneurValleysSiliconSilicon Valley Author:Ben Horowitz
“Swiss watchmaking and Silicon Valley is a marriage of technological innovation with watchmaking credibility. Our collaboration provides a rich host of synergies, forming a win-win partnership, and the potential for our three companies is enormous.” ThreeWinningCompanyRichInnovationEnormousCollaborationValleysHostPartnershipTechnologicalCredibilitySiliconSilicon ValleySwissWin WinSynergy Author:Jean-Claude Biver
“If you want to build a great company, get the hell out of Silicon Valley.” IfsWantCompanyHellValleysSiliconSilicon ValleyGreat Company Author:Bill Gates
“There are three things you need to do as a CEO-founder. Think strategically, drive design, and drive technology. Some people who are really good at one can build a pretty foundational company. Most people who are very successful are good at two. But Jack is the only person in the Valley I've met who's all three. He's a first-rate strategist, a first-rate designer, and a first-rate technologist.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFirstsPersonsTwoThreeCompanyTechnologySuccessfulDesignMetsRateDesignerValleysFoundersCeoThree ThingsStrategist Author:Keith Rabois
“I'm speaking to you from Silicon Valley, where some of the most prominent and successful companies have built their businesses by lulling their customers into complacency about their personal information. They're gobbling up everything they can learn about you and trying to monetize it. We think that's wrong. And it's not the kind of company that Apple wants to be.” ThinkingWantTryingKindCompanySuccessfulInformationBuiltCustomersApplesValleysComplacencyProminentSiliconSilicon ValleySuccessful CompanyPersonal Information Author:Tim Cook
“I can help the next generation remember the lineage of great companies here and how to continue the tradition. The Valley has been very supportive of me. I should do my best to repay.” ShouldHas BeensI CanHelpingRememberNextCompanyGenerationsTraditionValleysSupportiveNext GenerationLineageGreat Company Author:Steve Jobs