The Unlikely Birthplace of Silicon Valley
Most people think San Francisco or San Jose launched the tech revolution, but the real story begins in a small agricultural town called Palo Alto. Back in the 1930s, this sleepy community was surrounded by apricot orchards and horse farms, with barely 17,000 residents who had no idea they were living at ground zero of the future digital age. The transformation started when Stanford University professor Frederick Terman encouraged his brightest students to stay local instead of heading east to established tech centers. This simple decision would eventually create the world’s most valuable technology ecosystem, generating over $3…..