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The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce, How the Sun Rose on the Silicon Valley
, subject: Bob Noyce, Fairchild Semiconductor, Intel, and the origins of Silicon Valley, 1983
A Silicon Valley origin story that sets changing technologies against enduring human reactions, incentives, and the spread of an approach through departing employees.
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About this work
Originally published in Esquire in December 1983, the essay connects Noyce’s management approach with the people and companies that helped shape Silicon Valley.
Why read it
Best if you want the founder read on Silicon Valley's origin: an essay treating stock-option design and employee departures as forces that shaped the region as much as any new technology.
Key themes
- Technology changes; reactions repeat
- Stock options as incentive design
- Defectors spread an approach
Evidence and original sources
Source: official Founders episode — #356
This record is supported by 6 public evidence rows linked to original Founders episodes.
- How The Sun Rose On Silicon Valley: Bob Noyce (Founder of Intel) — David explicitly says he is dedicating an entire episode to the essay.