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From Tubes to Semiconductors
Paul Wesling (GTE/Lenkurt), Norm Pond (Varian) and Ted Hoff (Intel) explain the transition from tubes to semiconductors and describe the resulting transformation of the Valley of the Hearts Delight into Silicon Valley. Starting in the early 1900s, this fascinating talk shows how modern concepts, like hackathons and sharing, were a factor in the development of homegrown technology…
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Electronics in the Valley of the Heart’s Delight
Paul Wesling provides an overview of the early days of Silicon Valley and the defining events and the elements that led to growth of the electronics industry.
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Following our Entrepreneurs
Paul Wesling provides insight on some of the early Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who spawned a new generator of entrepreneurs.
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The Tube business in the 20s
Paul Wesling discusses tubes in the decade of the 1920s.
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Entrepreneurship During the Depression
Paul Wesling talks about how some of the early Silicon Valley entrepreneurs financed their ventures during the depths of the great depression.
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Migration to the Valley of the Hearts Delight
Norm Pond talks about what brought him to the precursor to Silicon Valley and how he became a “tube guy”.
