That means that it's always going to be a satellite to someplace else, where the ideas are created. Silicon Valley's genesis was in 1951, when Stanford University created the Stanford Industrial Park. One of Silicon Valley's key ingredients of success has been a rare symbiosis between industry and university researchers, two cultures that often clash. In fact, sometimes you want to keep secrets, and that's against the university culture. Just as universities have to be more sophisticated about industrial needs and aspirations, the reverse is also true.
Industry has to be much more sensitive to the kinds of limitations and aspirations of universities.
When that happens, very fruitful partnerships can emerge. Another crucial element is cooperation between corporations. The Silicon Valley model requires an unusual interplay in which companies are willing to share information to achieve common goals. Many of the firms grew up together as the university matured. The result is a critical interweaving of corporate and university resources, which is sorely lacking in other high-tech centers.