In 1956, William Shockley, Stanford professor and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on semiconductors, recruited a team of young Ph.D.
Fantastic moment in history. For folks interested in learning more by watching, these are really good documentaries on the Traitorous 8 and those early VC days:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1737747/
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/silicon/
There are other good ones out there too. It's a fascinating story, well worth learning about.
Fantastic moment in history. For folks interested in learning more by watching, these are really good documentaries on the Traitorous 8 and those early VC days:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1737747/
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/silicon/
There are other good ones out there too. It's a fascinating story, well worth learning about.