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Check out our slides from Class #2 of Tufts.io--we explored the history of startups and Silicon Valley while learning about ways to get involved in the innovation world from Peter Boyce.
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Class #2September 10, 2013
DIVING IN & STARTUP HUSTLEHow to get your foot in the door.
Weekly Recap
• Highs & Lows of the week?
•Met another classmate for 20 minutes outside of class...
• What’s their story?
• What are they passionate about?
• What’s been their biggest challenge so far at Tufts?
• What resonated from the upcoming class’s readings?
Video #1
PBS - American Experience: Silicon Valley, Chapter 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcOoQP7nhl4
Timeline: tech innovation through the years.
19551870
1924- International Business Machines (IBM)Acquired Tabulating Time Machine in 1911 and creates IBM in 1924
1870- Carnegie’s Steel MillsOpens dozens of factories, creates new method for refinement and shipping of steel
1885- Adding MachineBurroughs develops early version of machinery to process addition of numbers
1925- AT&T forms Bell LabsNY-based experimentation lab for communication and information technologies
1946- Venture Capital investing beginsFirst industry investments flow into new sector- Venrock & Sequoia formed (later, in 60s) as industry grows)
1939- Hewlett-Packard formedWith $500, out of a garage, and a coin flip to determine order of names
1953- Stanford Industrial ParkDesignated space for technology companies in Silicon Valley, with Varian, HP, Lockheed, GE, and more.
1942- Manhattan ProjectUS Government launches nuclear program, led by UC-Berkeley Physicist Oppenheimer
1927- German Inventions thriveGerman physicists/businessmen develop magnetic tape and (later, 1938) tape recorder
Timeline: tech innovation through the years.
20131955
1964- IBM’s OS & BASICIBM, which owns 81% market share, introduces Mainframe/OS. BASIC programming language created.
1957- Fairchild SemiconductorThe “Traitorous Eight” leave Shockley to form Fairchild, and radically transform the industry
1959- Texas Instruments - Integrated CircuitPatent formed for an integrated circuit, made of new material: Silicon.
1960’s- “Silicon Valley” coinedVarious news and promotional outlets coin a new term for the region full of technology companies
1991- World Wide WebTim Berners-Lee of CERN develops World Wide Web, opens for commercial usage and .COM emerges
1973- Motorola portable telephoneFirst of its kind, wireless “cellular” telephone debuts to commercial audiences
2013- Today2 billion Internet users - social media, mobile tech, cloud computing - 92% of OS come from Silicon Valley, USA
1978- Apple ComputerSteve Jobs & Steve Wosniak attempt to create a graphical UI for “personal computer” usage, seen as hobbyist.
1975- Microsoft Era beginsBill Gates and Paul Allen develop on BASIC for Altair computer. Beginning of OS/software an era.
Moore’s Law
Technology acceleration (and diminishing costs) over time
Moore’s Law today?
Hard drives, gigabytes & “Zuck’s Law”
Then vs. Now
What’s changed? Pop-culture/media depictions?
Peter Boyce IICo-founder, Rough Draft Ventures
Harvard College ’13
Reading #1
Relentlessly Resourceful - Paul Graham
http://www.paulgraham.com/relres.html
Reading #2
My Favorite Entrepreneur Story In A Long Time
http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/21/my-favorite-entrepreneur-story-in-a-long-time/
Reading #3
Two Years Ago Today - Tristan Walker
http://justtristan.com/post/7696394458/two-years-ago-today
Reading #4
Interviewing: Come Bearing Gifts
http://schlafnotes.tumblr.com/post/7764173293
For next week.
•Meet another classmate for 20 minutes outside of class...
• What’s your story?
• What are you passionate about?
• What’s been your biggest challenge so far at Tufts?
• What resonated from the upcoming class’s readings?
• Read Twitter Case Study - 2 people selected for weekly “brief”
• Write 1 pg. double-spaced reflection on a topic of your choice.
BE GREAT. HAVE A GOOD WEEK.