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Off the computer revolution. >> did you realize. the mid-70s. it wasn't called silicon valley then. g you have the start you had this extraordinary technology boom. >> andy's partner said every two years will cut in half the costs of computer or double the performance. it's extraordinary. it's been going on for 50 years now. it's a remarkable force. >> how did you get from there to then venture capitalists. >> i was at intel very happy pursuing my career learning from andy and others. and i got a phone call from a friend wo said there's this perkins buyers firm that wants to hire a young assoc...

Computer was now on a chip. so all of a sudden, people who had a thirst for this stuff could go out and buy a home brew computer. you could make them yourself. >> there was a lot of this kind of revolutionary thing with a lot of the technical people who were into the changes in technology and how we were a part of it. even though at our companies we were generally the fringe element. we had the jeans and we're not the managers and the leaders. but boy, just a clever design on its own had value. >> you had these guys like steve jobs and steve wozniak and bill gates and paul allen messing around...

>> there were a lot of people into the changes in technology and how we a part of it, even at our companies we were the fringe element. we had the jeans. we're not the managers and leaders. but a clever design on its own had value. >> you had these guys like steve jobs, bill gates and steve wozniak. and bill gates appall allen messing around on the edge of the personal computer industry. but no one in corporate america and no one in most of the homes of america thought that the personal computer was anything that would ever have, would ever even happen, let alone have any relevance to them. >>...

The personal computer industry. but no one in corporate america and no one in most of the homes of america thought that the personal computer was anything that would ever have, would ever even happen, let alone have any relevance to them. >> for all of us, the computer revolution was really exciting. it was like, wow, this is wide open. >> it was a group of people who want to make a change in the world. and eventually, the two forces in silicon valley, the hobbyists and the button-down business guys ended up coming together when the chip makers realized the things that the hobbyists were doing...

Computer was now on a chip. so all of a sudden, people who had a thirst for this stuff could go out and buy a home brew computer. you could make them yourself. >> there were a lot of people into the changes in technology and how we a part of it, even at our companies we were the fringe element. we had the jeans. not the managers and leaders. a clever design on its own had value. >> you had these guys like bill gates, steve jobs and steve wozniak. but no one in corporate america and no one in most of the homes of america thought that the personal computer was anything that would ever have, woul...