Silicon Valley's name is synonymous with high tech, innovation and startups. But even the great Silicon Valley had to start somewhere and it did so in government secrecy and wartime urgency. Steve Blank tells how Valley sprang out of the technology fight over the skies of Germany and secret efforts around (and over) the Soviet Union. This lecture is a must for those that want to understand how Valley came into being. (Thanks to Jeff Wald for surfacing this video and sharing with me.)