The phenomenon is sooooo SoCal. I'm driving through a generic office park in Carlsbad, near San Diego, where hundreds of downsized defense workers now work. Only now they're designing golf clubs. If that ain't the California Dream, I don't know what is. DAY FOUR Silicon Valley's new gold rush More photos Silicon Valley's most alluring quality is failure.
Failure is appreciated here.
Not just embraced, but expected and encouraged. If you haven't tanked three or four start-ups, then you just ain't trying. Everything has an earthly antecedent back here. You'll love him. You'll hate him.