Berlin Leslie. Troublemakers: Silicon Valley's Coming of Age

Simon & Schuster, 2017. — 513 p. — ISBN 9781451651508, 1451651503.Troublemakers is the gripping tale of seven exceptional men and women, pioneers of Silicon Valley in the 1970s and early 1980s. Together, they worked across generations, industries, and companies to bring technology from Pentagon offices and university laboratories to the rest of us. In doing so, they changed the world.Epigraph
Introduction: A Bit Like Love
Arrival: 1969–1971
Prometheus in the Pentagon (Bob Taylor)
Nerd Paradise (Al Alcorn)
Eight Quarters in Her Pocket (Fawn Alvarez)
The Fairchildren (Mike Markkula)
What Do We Do with These? (Niels Reimers)
Come with Me, or I’ll Go by Myself (Sandra Kurtzig)
Building: 1972–1975
Have You Seen This Woman? (Sandra Kurtzig)
Turn Your Backs on the Origins of Computing! (Bob Taylor)
Hit in the Ass by Lightning (Al Alcorn)
Make It Happen (Niels Reimers)
That’s What I Did on Mondays (Mike Markkula)
Challenges: 1976–1977
I Needed to Land Behind a Desk (Fawn Alvarez)
This Is a Big Fucking Deal (Al Alcorn)
One More Year or Bust (Sandra Kurtzig)
No Idea How You Start a Company (Niels Reimers and Bob Swanson)
That Flips My Switch (Mike Markkula)
I’ve Never Seen a Man Type That Fast (Bob Taylor)
There Are No Standards Yet (Mike Markkula)
Triumph: 1979–1981
Looks Like $100 Million to Me! (Niels Reimers and Bob Swanson)
Sitting in a Kiddie Seat (Al Alcorn)
Can You Imagine Your Grandmother Using One? (Bob Taylor)
Young Maniacs (Mike Markkula)
What in the Hell Are You Trying to Say? (Fawn Alvarez)
We Don’t Need Any Money (Sandra Kurtzig)
Transition: 1983–1984
The Rabbits Hopped Away (Bob Taylor)
Video Nation (Al Alcorn)
Knew It Before They Did (Niels Reimers)
No One Thought They Would Sell (Fawn Alvarez)
The Entire World Will Never Be the Same (Mike Markkula)
She Works Hard for the Money (Sandra Kurtzig)
Conclusion: Wave After Wave
Postscript: The Troublemakers Today
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