A Visitors Guide to Silicon Valley by Steve Blank

S. Johnson: "Extra credit if you can explain..why the HP PR machine won the rewrite of Valley history."

S. Johnson: "Noise and cramped quarters basically force you to listen in on conversations"

S. Johnson: "Drive down University Avenue into Stanford University as it turns into Palm Drive. Park on the circle and take a walking tour of the campus and then head to the science and engineering quad."

S. Johnson: "Stand next to ground zero of technology entrepreneurship"

S. Johnson: "Drive down Amphitheater Parkway behind Google, admiring all the buildings and realize that they were built by an extinct company, Silicon Graphics"

S. Johnson: "Small but important, this museum is the real deal with almost every artifact of the computing and pre-computing age (make sure you check out their events calendar)"

S. Johnson: "Take a Zeppelin ride over the valley. If it’s a clear day and you have the money after a liquidity event, it’s a mind-blowing trip."

S. Johnson: "...Eat in the heart of old “VC central” in the Sundeck at 3000 Sand Hill Road. While you’re there, walk around 3000 Sand Hill looking at all the names of the VC’s on the building directories..."

S. Johnson: "yes, just like the movie"

S. Johnson: "Doesn’t sell computers but is the only Apple store that sells logo’d T-shirts and hats."

S. Johnson: "South of Market (SoMa) is the home address and the epicenter of Web 2.0 startups"

S. Johnson: "South Park’s version of Coupa Café"

S. Johnson: "Go to a trade show even if it’s not in your industry"