Pirates of Silicon Valley

In a nutshell, Pirates of Silicon Valley is a movie about the history of Apple and Microsoft’s eventual rise to dominant design. Based on the novel Fire in the Valley, the main players Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are dramatized alittle, giving the movie a slight satire punch to the situation today.

What I did like about the show was that it highlighted an aspect of entrepreneurship often overlooked. While we all talk about drive and desire as pillars of your own startup, be it business or anything really, it is the savviness and streetsmarts that keeps you sane.

Of course, I still think Steve Jobs is the greatest second act in history of business thus far. His presentations are superb. His comeback is legendary. His style is there. Maybe, what we see today are just results of his previous mistakes, depicted in this movie. The movie does send down slight chills when you look at your own computer, yes the one you’re using right now, and think about how history was made back then which resulted in what you’re using right now.

So now… will you be the next Bill Gates / Steve Jobs? (If so, please… grooming is important.)