“It had not yet been named Silicon Valley, but you had the defense industry, you had Hewlett-Packard. But you also had the counter-culture, the Bay Area. That entire brew came together in Steve Jobs.” TogetherJobsCultureIndustryAreasDefenseValleysSiliconSilicon ValleyBay AreaCounter Culture Author:Erik Qualman
“It is sort of a bit of a caricature of capitalism, that it's always this zero-sum game where you have winners and losers. Silicon Valley, the technology industry at its best, creates a situation where everybody can be a winner.” GamesBitsSituationTechnologyIndustryCapitalismWinnerZeroLoserValleysCaricaturesSiliconSilicon ValleyWinner And LoserZero Sum Game Author:Peter Thiel
“Japan will change. Let's create a country where innovation is constantly happening, giving birth to new industries to lead the world, when I visit Silicon Valley I want to think about how we can take Silicon Valley's ways and make them work in Japan.” ThinkingWorldWayWantGivingCountryChangeIndustryBirthHappeningsInnovationJapanValleysSiliconGiving BirthSilicon Valley Author:Shinzo Abe
“The most important thing I would learn in school was that almost everything I would learn in school would be utterly useless. When I was fifteen I knew the principal industries of the Ruhr Valley, the underlying causes of World War One and what Peig Sayers had for her dinner every day...What I wanted to know when I was fifteen was the best way to chat up girls. That is what I still want to know.” KnowsWorldWayWantStillsImportantWarWould BeWantedSchoolGirlCausesIndustryImportant ThingsDinnerBest WayUselessWar Of The WorldsValleysPrincipalFifteenWorld War One Book:The secret world of the Irish male Source: The secret world of the Irish male
“Pap Machinery uses LubeMate products to keep our truck fleet moving so we can provide timely service to our customers. LubeMate has proven they manufacture quality products that meet our daily demands. The LubeMate team at Valley Industries has provided excellent service and their products are an exceptional value.” UseMovingValuesQualityTeamProductsIndustryDemandCustomersExcellentValleysProvenExceptionalTruckMachineryTimelyExcellent Service Author:Greg Roberts
“think there's a culture of Silicon Valley that seems to have the attitude that you can have it both ways, that you can be an insurgent but also, ultimately, it's paid for by advertising, when in fact advertising is totally retrograde. Now that's an industry we should be disrupting, and maybe you disrupt it by funding public media. None of this is technological destiny; there are only social choices.” ThinkingWayShouldFactsSeemsChoicesCultureSocialAttitudeDestinyMediaIndustryPaidAdvertisingValleysTechnologicalFundingSiliconSilicon ValleyInsurgentRetrograde Author:Astra Taylor
“You have to be ready to go through peaks and valleys along the way. Be ready to sacrifice some of the things in life that are considered normal for most people for the first while. And understand the business of the film industry, because studying the art and your craft alone isn't enough anymore.” PeopleWayFirstsArtEnoughFilmStudySacrificeReadyIndustryNormalCraftsValleysThings In LifeFilm IndustryPeaks And Valleys Author:Kyle Cassie
“Silicon Valley benefits, as all of industry, from highly protectionist policy - patent policies and things like that - which come out of the government.” GovernmentPolicyIndustryBenefitsValleysPatentsSiliconSilicon Valley Author:Noam Chomsky