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John Robert McLaughlin

John Robert McLaughlin (born February 5, 1949) is an American historian, entrepreneur, magazine and book author and publisher, documentary television producer and director. In 1994, McLaughlin founded the Santa Clara Valley Historical Association, produced and directed the 1998 PBS documentary, Silicon Valley, a One Hundred Year Renaissance, narrated by Walter Cronkite,[1] Silicon Valley, Five Part Series, narrated by Leonard Nimoy,[2] co-authored three popular Silicon Valley history books,[3][4][5]  conducted approximately 120 full length filmed interviews with major Silicon Valley entrepreneurs including Nobel Laureates and inventors: Hewlett, Packard, Jobs, Wozniak, including founders of Fairchild, Intel, Apple, Adobe, Nvidia, Oracle, SanDisk, Varian Medical, and Genentech.[6] In 2020, he authored a four-hour audio course with the Great Courses for Audible, The Entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley.[7][8][9] Often an ignored subject in life and business, McLaughlin’s interview subjects, who created thousands of jobs, innovative technologies and trillions of dollars in revenue, embraced the view that with risk comes failure. Failure is essential to success.[10][11][12]     

Early life and education[edit]

McLaughlin was born in El Paso, Texas, while his father served as a U.S. Naval officer and rocket scientist at White Sands Proving Grounds outside of Las Cruces, New Mexico. He graduated from Palo Alto High School in 1967. He continued his education in political science at the University of Oregon BS 1971, and the U.S. International University, MBA, 1974.  

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Guide to "Silicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance" [videorecording]". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  2. ^ "Silicon Valley: Part Five, Finding Silicon Valley (2012)". Radio Times. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  3. ^ "Guide to "Silicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance" [videorecording]". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  4. ^ "Florence - Benefits by Major | Bing Overseas Studies Programs". bosp.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  5. ^ "New & Recommended (March 06, 2002)". www.paloaltoonline.com. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  6. ^ "Film Interviews". Silicon Valley Historical Association. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  7. ^ The Entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley.
  8. ^ "The Entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley By John McLaughlin". Free Unlimited Books PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  9. ^ "The Entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley". Goodreads. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  10. ^ "– Ett av få steder der folk skryter av hvor dumme de har vært". e24.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2020-08-22. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  11. ^ "The Entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley". Goodreads. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  12. ^ "How to recreate Silicon Valley: A culture that forgives failure". SBN. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
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