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When a group of engineers launched Fairchild Semiconductors—the first chip startup in Silicon Valley—in 1957, investors offered the founders a relatively new type of compensation: stock options.
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When a group of engineers launched Fairchild Semiconductors—the first chip startup in Silicon Valley—in 1957, investors offered the founders a relatively new type of compensation: stock options.