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As the global market languishes, one place just keeps growing despite failing banking institutions, uncertain market segments, and high unemployment: Silicon Valley. In the last two years, more than 100 incubators have popped up there, and the amount of angel buyers has skyrocketed. Today, 40 percent of most venture capital investments in america result from Silicon Valley companies, compared to 10 % from New York. In Secrets of Silicon Valley, businessperson and press commentator Deborah Perry Piscione requires us inside this exciting ecosystem where meritocracy guidelines the day. She explores Silicon Valley's very risk-tolerant culture, and why it thrives despite the many laws that produce California one of the worst claims in the union for business. Pulling on interviews with buyers, entrepreneurs, and community leaders, as well as a host of case studies from Yahoo to Paypal, Piscione argues that Silicon Valley's unique culture is the foremost hope for the future of American prosperity and the global business community and offers lessons from the Valley to motivate reform in other areas and establishments, from Washington, DC to Wall Street.
