Bob Noyce
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Andreessen: Bob Noyce Was the Steve Jobs of His Era
“And so Bob Noyce was 100% the Steve Jobs of his time.”
Thompson: Intel Chose Commercial Scale Over Custom Government Chips
“And Bob Noyce made the decision that we will sell to the government, but we're not going to design chips for the government. And the distinction there was you had guaranteed orders, which was great. The government would take your IP, and there was, and in his …”
Jobs: Rational people quit startups because the work is too difficult
“It's optimism and passion because it's really hard. And if you don't really, really care about what you're doing, you're going to give up if you're a sane person because it's super hard.”
Jobs: Sane founders without passion quit because innovation is irrationally hard
“Well, it's optimism and passion. Because it's really hard, and if you don't really, really care about what you're doing, you're going to give up if you're a sane person, because it's super hard, and I'm sure it was extremely hard for him at times.”
Horowitz: Bob Noyce Created Silicon Valley's Corporate Meritocracy at Intel
“Yeah, so it's a big thing that Bob Noyce kind of rooted out of Intel... At its core. I mean, he got rid of All of that East Coast idea. That was actually the birth of the Silicon Valley culture, amazingly. ... And ironically, the term meritocracy came from Bob…”