The Silicon Valley - A Memoir of a Lifetime

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He wanted to move to the silcon valley a and i'm assuming, like part of you proud, want to go home to see your fan, to be with your family. But he was saftor engineer. I this ias what he had studied. And so in two thousand one, even though the bubble had burst, the silican valley was still the mecca. It was still the place to go to if you wanted to get into tech. So presumably he starts looking for jobs out there, and he got a job at ibe. Right? That was the job, that the offer he got, which enabled you to move. You make it sound easy. He looked

When Adi Tartako and her husband started the home design and renovation website Houzz in 2009, they had no expectation that it would grow into a global business. In fact, Adi was a hesitant entrepreneur, preferring to foster Houzz as a lifestyle business and pushing back when experts told her it could grow into something much bigger. But as Houzz morphed into a go-to site for users to get ideas for home improvement and connect with industry professionals, Adi decided to go all-in. She walked away from a promising career in finance to become the CEO of Houzz, helping lead it to a platform that now has 65 million users worldwide.

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