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Which Silicon Valley company introduced the first iPhone in 2007?

Answer

Apple

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Which nonprofit digital-rights organization was founded in San Francisco in 1990 by John Perry Barlow and others?

Answer

Electronic Frontier Foundation

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Which company created the first Android phone, the HTC Dream, released commercially in 2008?

Answer

HTC

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At which 2004 event did Google sell shares to the public using a Dutch auction?

Answer

Google IPO

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Which venture-capital firm did Don Valentine found in 1972, helping shape Silicon Valley startup culture?

Answer

Sequoia Capital

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Which 1970s Silicon Valley company made the Altair 8800’s first commercially successful microcomputer kit?

Answer

MITS

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Which Stanford-affiliated research park, established in 1951, helped create the institutional foundation of Silicon Valley?

Answer

Stanford Research Park

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In what year did the first Burning Man event take place at San Francisco’s Baker Beach?

Answer

1986

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What was the name of the eight engineers who left Shockley Semiconductor in 1957 to form Fairchild Semiconductor?

Answer

The Traitorous Eight

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What term describes a privately held startup valued at $1 billion or more, popularized by Aileen Lee in 2013?

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Unicorn

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What percentage of work time did Google’s famous “20% time” policy encourage employees to spend on personal projects?

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20 percent

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Which California city is the headquarters of Apple, the company founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak?

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Cupertino

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