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Arthur Rock is an influential American businessman and venture capitalist, widely regarded as one of Silicon Valley's pioneers. He played a key role in funding the early stages of tech giants like Apple, Intel, and Fairchild Semiconductor, helping to shape the modern technology landscape. Rock's work has inspired countless entrepreneurs to dream big and pursue innovation relentlessly, showing that with vision, strategic thinking, and the willingness to take risks, one can transform industries and change the world.
"And what I'm interested in is investing in people."
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"And what I'm interested in is investing in people."

People,
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"People come in with business plans and, I mean I know that no one is going to meet everything they say in a business plan but you got to have something to, to guide towards."
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"People come in with business plans and, I mean I know that no one is going to meet everything they say in a business plan but you got to have something to, to guide towards."

Business, People
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"My father was an immigrant from Russia and my mother was first generation."
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"My father was an immigrant from Russia and my mother was first generation."

Family, Mother, Father, First, Russia
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"You know, a lot of people are just interested in, in building a company so they can make money and get out."
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"You know, a lot of people are just interested in, in building a company so they can make money and get out."

Money, People, Building, Company
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"I mean I wasn't a founder in the sense that I contributed anything scientifically but in the sense that I signed the corporation papers and, and owned founder's stock."
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"I mean I wasn't a founder in the sense that I contributed anything scientifically but in the sense that I signed the corporation papers and, and owned founder's stock."

Sense,
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"IBM decided they were going to enter the copying business in 1968."
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"IBM decided they were going to enter the copying business in 1968."

Business,
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"Which, the first meeting with anybody is, you know, everybody is on their best behavior. It's only after you get to know them for a while that you figure out."
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"Which, the first meeting with anybody is, you know, everybody is on their best behavior. It's only after you get to know them for a while that you figure out."

Behavior, First, Meeting
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"So I, I knew something in a business sense about semiconductors and I appreciated their possibilities."
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"So I, I knew something in a business sense about semiconductors and I appreciated their possibilities."

Business, Possibilities, Sense
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"And then lo and behold IBM, Apple and Motorola took an ad in all the newspapers, double page ad, and said, announcing the chip that they were now able to manufacture it and that they were going to kill Intel."
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"And then lo and behold IBM, Apple and Motorola took an ad in all the newspapers, double page ad, and said, announcing the chip that they were now able to manufacture it and that they were going to kill Intel."

Technology, Newspapers, Now
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"Killing Intel, I, I just had to resign from the Apple Board."
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"Killing Intel, I, I just had to resign from the Apple Board."

Technology, Killing
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