Pirates of the Silicon

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 "Silicon Valley" is a name given to cities just south of San Francisco.

                In the late 1970s and early 1980s, plenty of high-tech companies were located , and used silicon semiconductors. So the title is sort of relevant to Apple Computers, which is in Cupertino California. It's not relevant to Microsoft, which started out in New Mexico and moved to Washington. 

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       Most entrepreneurial activity is context-specific. But if there is one entrepreneurship movie that students from all across the world can find interesting it is Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999).                                       
 This movie is a fictionalized account of the early professional lives of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, two men who made the technology world what it is today.

    The movie presents their struggles during college, the humble beginnings of their companies (Microsoft and Apple respectively) and the ingenuity that took them from where they were to where they are now.