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Bono or Lady Gaga, the term "Silicon Valley entrepreneur" hardly springs to mind.
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Coined 40 years ago, the term "Silicon Valley" originally referred to the silicon chip manufacturers that helped build the high-tech movement in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Forbes.com: News Daily Muse 2011
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Just in time, in the same year, the phrase Silicon Valley was coined to capture the rising computer industry in Santa Clara Valley.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Just in time, in the same year, the phrase Silicon Valley was coined to capture the rising computer industry in Santa Clara Valley.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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TI closed its acquisition of National Semiconductor on September 23, 2011, and from that date began to consolidate the results of the acquired operations into TI's Analog segment under the name Silicon Valley Analog.
unknown title 2012
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Which, not having to pay the high cost of shelter in Silicon Valley provided him with a lot of tax-free income to spend on coffee.
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But more broadly, California demonstrates how sustained political leadership can reshape how we produce, sell, and use energy — can “bend the curve,” as they say in Silicon Valley.
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The boundless optimism in Silicon Valley recalls the early days of the Internet boom.
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He also may implicitly be referring to the US private sector, to whom Secretary Clinton spoke to last Friday in Silicon Valley, asking business leaders and entrepreneurs for help in forming "public-private partnerships that link the on-the-ground experience of our diplomats and development experts with the energy and resources of the business community."
Andrew Rosen: Alec Ross' Odd Tweet About 21st Century Statecraft Andrew Rosen 2010
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He also may implicitly be referring to the US private sector, to whom Secretary Clinton spoke to last Friday in Silicon Valley, asking business leaders and entrepreneurs for help in forming "public-private partnerships that link the on-the-ground experience of our diplomats and development experts with the energy and resources of the business community."
Andrew Rosen: Alec Ross' Odd Tweet About 21st Century Statecraft Andrew Rosen 2010
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