The Big Score: The Billion Dollar Story of Silicon Valley

The Big Score: The Billion Dollar Story of Silicon Valley

The only contemporary history of the birth of Silicon Valley, from the reporter who had a ringside seat to it all.Over the past five decades, the tech industry has grown into one of the most important…

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