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HardwareCA / Silicon Valley·Ranked Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Do something, not everything
Historical retrospective on General Magic's proto-iPhone from three decades ago.
In the spring of 2024, David Epstein explains (in Inside the Box), he met up with a group of General Magic alumni to discuss their proto-iPhone: It had been three decades since they went public—with no revenue—in Silicon Valley’s first “concept IPO.” […] On t…
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#35 that day1.00/ 10
Technology breakthrough · weight 30%1/10
Economic impact · weight 25%1/10
Job impact · weight 20%1/10
Regional relevance · weight 15%1/10
Policy & geopolitics · weight 10%1/10
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