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This famous cocktail napkin from the personal computer
revolution of the 1980s is the perfect tool for the prospective
entrepreneur. Just follow these simple steps: fill in product
specs on side 1; fill in business plan on side 2; start
the company in your garage; throw huge rock parties, temper
tantrums, anything you want—you have now joined the
rich and famous of Silicon Valley!
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The Homebrew Computer Club held its first meeting in March
1975, in Gordon French’s Menlo Park, California garage.
These Silicon Valley computer hobbyists and hackers went
on to spur the personal computer revolution that forever
changed the lives of everyone on the planet. Computer pioneers
including Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Lee Felsenstein, Bob
Albrecht, Roger Melen, and Harry Garland went on to found
influential and innovative but short-lived companies like
Osborne Computers, the People's Computer Company, and Cromemco
but also Apple. And all their inventions live on in every
smart phone, laptop, and personal computer.
This T-shirt is the only authorized, original reproduction
of Lee Felsenstein's original design from those exciting
early days.
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The Silicon Valley T-shirt is the wearable, upgraded version
of the famous Silicon Valley napkin from the personal computer
revolution of the 1980s. The napkin was designed so that
a prospective entrepreneur simply fills in the check boxes
for a business plan that's ready to present to a venture
capitalist for funding. This new version ensures that your
elevator pitch to investors includes all the right buzzwords
to ensure your success. Wear it at those fancy conferences
filled with desperate entrepreneurs and wannabe angel investors
so that you stand out from the crowd.
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Silicon Valley is a state of mind where good, old-fashioned
American ingenuity meets California experimentation and
individualism. It's the modern day gold rush for super-smart
nerds and savvy investment bankers and all of the people
working for them. It's a state of mind, not a physical place.
It's the spirit of innovation that will pull America out
of recession. It's the next revolution in technology, science,
art, and society. It's math and science and hard work and
driving passion. It's all the things on this poster... and
a lot more.
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Now get your Silicon Valley inspiration with your morning
coffee. Get a Silicon Valley mug with the famous napkin on
it, or get one with inspirational sayings on it.
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A cocktail napkin from Walker's Wagon Wheel circa late 1980s.
It is designed so that a prospective entrepreneur need only
complete the check boxes in order to have a business plan
ready to present to a venture capitalist for funding.
The napkin designer/entrepreneur Bob Zeidman tells the following
story about its creation. "In 1986 I created the Silicon
Valley Napkin and began marketing and selling it. The printer
required minimum print runs in the thousands, so I had boxes
stacked to the ceiling in the kitchen of my one-bedroom apartment.
By 1990, the napkin had run its course, and I still had boxes
left. I approached The Garage, the precursor to the Tech Museum,
to make a napkin donation. They were excited to have the napkins
at their invitation-only, kickoff donor event, and I was glad
to supply them.
Afterwards, I thought maybe I could get my girlfriend and
myself invited to this gala event and impress her by hobnobbing
with the Silicon Valley bigwigs. The Garage invited us, and
we mingled with, among others, Andy Grove, Ed Zschau, and
Margaret Wozniak (filling in for her son Steve who couldn't
make it at the last minute). Sitting at the table I asked
the man on my right what he did for a living. He waved his
arms around his head, "embracing" the room, and
told me his company had designed the museum's interior space.
Cool! I turned to the man on my left and asked him what he
did for a living. He was the founder and CEO of a biotech
firm in Berkeley. Wow! They both asked me what I did and,
a little sheepishly, I picked up a napkin, proclaimed that
I had supplied the napkins for tonight's event, and wiped
the béarnaise sauce from my mouth.
As a footnote, my girlfriend at the time is now my wife.
I guess she was sufficiently impressed."
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