The Silicon Valley Edge: A Habitat for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

by William F. Miller, Marguerite Gong, Chong-Moon Lee, et al.

Book Overview

From a stellar list of contributors that reads like a Who’s Who of Silicon Valley—from John Seely-Brown to Regis McKenna and Steve Jurvetson—comes a behind-the-scenes look at the unique way in which... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804740623
• ISBN13: 9780804740623
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 4.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent guidebook to Silicon Valley

This is an excellent book to describe all thinkable crosssections of Silicon Valley through interviews in the social science methods and through writing by prominent figures in Silicon Valley. The only drawback I found is that the book has too rich contents for a reader to read through casually. I strongly recommend this book to those serious readers who are engaged in Silicon Valley, associated with venture businesses, interested in mechanisms and histories of Silicon Valley, or interested in business models. The book has a big reference table to illustrate how different Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are from small business owners and traditional entrepreneurs, and describes four distinct types of entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. The book also enumerates ten reasons why Silicon Valley has been prosperous. This is really a good book for a reader to learn what Silicon Valley is like.

A Fantastic Book with Intensive Stuffs

Practically useful for entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and professionals.