- The U.S. was one large, unified market. Europe was fragmented, linguistically and economically.
- The Cold War meant a lot of DOD money was going into computing and technology, with a lot of it concentrated in Silicon Valley (initially at Berkeley and Stanford, and the national labs in the area).
- Later on there was research being done into networking (to help ensure redundancy in the event of a nuclear war).
So you now have an area with a rich talent pool (and pipeline), with the appropriate manufacturing facilities, and transportation infrastructure for export. In addition, as the industry was maturing, financial regulations were loosened (remember, many banks used to only operate in one state), so access to capital was easier.
- Europe had to rebuild, the U.S. didn’t.
- The U.S. was one large, unified market. Europe was fragmented, linguistically and economically.
- The Cold War meant a lot of DOD money was going into computing and technology, with a lot of it concentrated in Silicon Valley (initially at Berkeley and Stanford, and the national labs in the area).
- Later on there was research being done into networking (to help ensure redundancy in the event of a nuclear war).
So you now have an area with a rich talent pool (and pipeline), with the appropriate manufacturing facilities, and transportation infrastructure for export. In addition, as the industry was maturing, financial regulations were loosened (remember, many banks used to only operate in one state), so access to capital was easier.