Grinnell College

Founders · Jul 18

How The Sun Rose On Silicon Valley: Bob Noyce (Founder of Intel)

Professor Grant Gale got two of the first transistors there in 1948 and taught Noyce. Its $300,000 Intel investment grew more than 30 times and roughly doubled its endowment.

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• Noyce and Moore backed Intel with $500,000 of their own money alongside Arthur Rock▶ 35:30Grinnell's $300,000 grew more than 30 times and doubled the college's endowment.
• Grant Gale made himself a big target for luck, and it changed Noyce's life▶ 4:20