{"id":14605,"date":"2019-07-11T13:41:02","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T05:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mannkal.org\/?p=14605"},"modified":"2019-07-11T13:41:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T05:41:26","slug":"silicon-valley-la-la-land-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mannkal.org\/the-americas\/silicon-valley-la-la-land-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Silicon Valley &#038; La La Land (week 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14605\" class=\"elementor elementor-14605\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9364583 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9364583\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-866cb4d\" data-id=\"866cb4d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c91c57b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c91c57b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As we flew in to San Francisco, we were treated to unusually clear skies, and an expansive view of the entire bay area, including the stunning Golden Gate Bridge. It was clear that this was a city of progress and change, and we knew it was built upon a culture of rapid innovation that harnessed the power of new technologies at a faster pace than almost anywhere else in the world. We were in Silicon Valley, the hub of modern entrepreneurship, where if you didn\u2019t keep up, you got left behind, and our first stop at the \u2018Yahoo!\u2019 campus was a stark reminder of this cold reality. Once the pride of the Valley, the former titan stood lonely and deserted; as if a ghost of its past self.<\/p><p>In contrast, the Google campus was bustling with life. We were lucky enough to have a former employee, Dan Webb show us around, and through him, we learnt about the past and present of the tech giant. The Google buildings were previously owned by Silicon Graphics, a hardware company that pioneered computer silicon chips in in the early 2000s. They once stood at the pinnacle of computer innovation, but were quickly overtaken by the next generation of tech companies.<\/p><p>\u201cTake your eye off the ball, and you\u2019re finished\u201d, was the message, and it rung clear, because a mere twenty years later, not a single one of us had even heard of Silicon Graphics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8f2614 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f8f2614\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Americas-Silicon-Valley-blog.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14608\" alt=\"Group of young adults posing with giant green Android mascot in outdoor plaza\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Americas-Silicon-Valley-blog.png 900w, https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Americas-Silicon-Valley-blog-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Americas-Silicon-Valley-blog-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Americas-Silicon-Valley-blog-500x250.png 500w, https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Americas-Silicon-Valley-blog-800x400.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Touring Silicon Valley with Patrick Peterson<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f561e70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f561e70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We were also treated to a tour of the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley, which provided a 2000-year background of the World\u2019s computing history. Here, as it was at Google and Yahoo, constant technological development was evident. Each time it appeared humankind had reached its limits; another revolutionary technology was created. We went from the abacus to modern calculators, and from room sized computers to silicon chips, and even today we don\u2019t know where we will end up.\u00a0<\/p><p>One of the main drivers of these developments have been some of the most enterprising people in the world; from John Presper Eckert, who built ENIAC, the first commercially available computer, to Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. So, naturally, one of our highlights in San Francisco was a private dinner with serial entrepreneur and friend of Mannkal, John Chisholm. Overlooking the San Francisco Bay from his 33<sup>rd<\/sup> floor condo, we were inspired by his words as to how each of us can become successful entrepreneurs and the exact steps that need to be taken, which are conveniently contained in his book which he gifted to Mannkal Scholars for free: Unleash Your Inner Company.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01e9bfb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"01e9bfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Americas-Silicon-Valley-blog-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14610\" alt=\"Group of young professionals toasting with champagne in modern office setting with city skyline backdrop\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Americas-Silicon-Valley-blog-1.png 900w, https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Americas-Silicon-Valley-blog-1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Americas-Silicon-Valley-blog-1-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Americas-Silicon-Valley-blog-1-500x250.png 500w, https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Americas-Silicon-Valley-blog-1-800x400.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Cheers @ the 33rd floor!<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-158cad5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"158cad5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our adventures in the land of entrepreneurship continued at the unique Draper University. Whilst technically a non-for-profit, Draper University operates more like a venture capital firm, and with students from over 70 countries in its programs, Draper University seeks not only to attract exceptional students for their ideas, but also aims to foster them into better people. We saw this approach first-hand as we arrived at the same time as a cohort who had just returned from a week out in the California forests on a \u2018survival week\u2019 of bonding and character-building.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4653359 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4653359\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/At-Draper-University.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14611\" alt=\"Group of young adults listening to a presentation in front of a superhero mural at Draper University.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/At-Draper-University.png 900w, https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/At-Draper-University-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/At-Draper-University-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/At-Draper-University-500x250.png 500w, https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/At-Draper-University-800x400.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Getting the royal tour of Draper University<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ca1aa3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ca1aa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From there, we boarded our flights to LA and headed for our Hollywood accommodation.<\/p><p>Just before beginning our 4<sup>th<\/sup> July long weekend, we accepted a private tour of the Ayn Rand Institute from Aaron Smith, another friend of Mannkal. We had the opportunity to view the very desk at which Rand wrote her many works, and were gifted some of her most famous books, including \u2018The Fountainhead\u2019 and \u2018Atlas Shrugged\u2019. All of us eagerly await the opportunity to dig into them during our flights.<\/p><p>Taliesin Nexus was our last stop before our 4<sup>th<\/sup> July break began, and it highlighted the necessity of effective storytelling. After this visit, it was clear to us that the way that any story is told is as important, if not more important, than the story itself. The world is not just facts and numbers, and there is a lot to getting a compelling narrative across. This is something that we will not be forgetting, and will likely find useful on our campaigns promoting issues like free markets.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c6b241 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c6b241\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Taliesin-Nexus.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14612\" alt=\"Group photo of 13 people standing in front of Taliesin Nexus projection screen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Taliesin-Nexus.png 900w, https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Taliesin-Nexus-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Taliesin-Nexus-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Taliesin-Nexus-500x250.png 500w, https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Taliesin-Nexus-800x400.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">With Matt Edwards, Vice President at Taliesin Nexus in LA<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd7de91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd7de91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The following 3 days, including the 4<sup>th<\/sup> of July, were spent seeing the sights of LA, Hollywood and the hustling beaches in Santa Monica and Venice. 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