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Section 4 | Lesson 23 - VC History is Crucial to Review
Notes
Venture Capital History
Cold War
- fear of Soviet Union Communism led to creation of Venture Capitalism
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US invested in weapons technologies
- database was created by Oracle on behalf of the CIA
- GPS for missile technology
- Palantir (largers employer in Palo Alto) financed by CIAs VC division
Peace Movement
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San Francisco youth rebelled
- Berkely
- Stanford
- Stanford got rid of all weapons research
- Stanford allowed students and teachers to create business models and make money