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The Early Valley - The Founders of Shockley Semiconductor
The early Silicon Valley was an isolated place. The only other thing going on there was growing apricots and fruit orchards. There's just not, this wasn't an industrial area like say Boston or New York. William Shockley is the person who brings out these super talented young engineers to work for him. He has a lot of other not very great character traits.
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