How The Sun Rose On Silicon Valley: Bob Noyce (Founder of Intel)

What I learned from reading "The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce: How the Sun Rose on Silicon Valley" (https://tcw.org/lefty/Short%20Stories/The%20Tinkerings%20of%20Robert%20Noyce%20Esquire%20Magazine.pdf) by Tom Wolfe. https://www.founderspodcast.com/ Full Transcript and Show Notes: https://www.founderspodcast.com/episodes/61734956/senra-356-how-the-sun-rose-on-silicon-valley-bob-noyce-founder-of-intel David Senra: https://x.com/FoundersPodcast?s=20

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Jul 18, 202452mWatch on YouTube ↗

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Released: July 18, 2024
Duration: 52m
Channel: Founders Podcast
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What I learned from reading "The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce: How the Sun Rose on Silicon Valley" (https://tcw.org/lefty/Short%20Stories/The%20Tinkerings%20of%20Robert%20Noyce%20Esquire%20Magazine.pdf) by Tom Wolfe. https://www.founderspodcast.com/ Full Transcript and Show Notes: https://www.founderspodcast.com/episodes/61734956/senra-356-how-the-sun-rose-on-silicon-valley-bob-noyce-founder-of-intel David Senra: https://x.com/FoundersPodcast?s=20

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David Senra
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Host of the Founders Podcast, known for narrating and summarizing biographies and long-form profiles of iconic founders.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Founders Podcast, featuring David Senra, How The Sun Rose On Silicon Valley: Bob Noyce (Founder of Intel) explores bob Noyce's Tinkering Rise From Iowa to Silicon Valley Senra walks through Tom Wolfe's essay, showing how a chain of lucky connections, from a Grinnell professor reading a newspaper item to Noyce being saved from expulsion, put Noyce in contact with the transistor.

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