Troublemakers looks at the work of seven individuals during these years when the software, personal computing, video game, advanced semiconductor logic, and venture capital industries first took shape.
Bob Taylor kick-started the precursor to the Internet, the Arpanet, and masterminded the personal computer.
Sandra Kurtzig, an early software entrepreneur, was the first woman to take a technology company public.
Niels Reimers changed how university innovations reach the public; in the process, he helped launch the biotech industry.
[4] She was a “Prototype” columnist for The New York Times and has commented on Silicon Valley for the Wall Street Journal, NPR, PBS, the BBC, The Atlantic and Wired.