i agree. but the chicken or egg had to come from somewhere. where the talent came from is, i bet, a good story in itself. i think David Packard and Bill Hewlett

i agree. but the chicken or egg had to come from somewhere. where the talent came from is, i bet, a good story in itself. i think David Packard and Bill Hewlett (arguably the original silicon valley founders to have great success) set a great tone. at the time, very few employees had no stake in a company and stuff like flex-time didn't even exist. all these perks, i'm sure also played a role in attracting great talent (you can see it with Google and others today). i currently work for hp, so i know this story and would like to share it (despite being a bit off-topic): http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/1998/julaug/articles/founding_fathers/founding_fathers.html http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/1998/julaug/arti...