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XIV.5 September + October 2007
Page: 14
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Turning the Rift Valley into Silicon Valley


Authors:
Nathan Eagle

Graduating from Stanford University at the edge of Silicon Valley during the height of the dot-com bubble in 1999 leaves an indelible mark. As an increasing number of my classmates became overnight millionaires, virtually the entire student body was in a start-up frenzy—at local bars it was more common to hear heated conversations about NDAs and stock options than weekend parties or sports scores. While this era may be a thing of the past, the feeling of entrepreneurial empowerment among graduating students has recently reemerged, only this time in a corner of the world about as far from Silicon…




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