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Chris Anderson's book "The Long Tail" chronicled how the Web revolutionized and democratized distribution. His new book "Makers" shows how the same thing is happening to manufacturing, with even wider consequences, and this time the leading revolutionaries are the young of the world. Anderson himself left his job as editor of Wired magazine to join a 22-year-old from Tijuana in running a typical Makers firm, 3D Robotics, which builds do-it-yourself drones.

Chris Anderson's book "The Long Tail" chronicled how the Internet revolutionized and democratized distribution. His new book "Makers" shows how the same thing is happening to manufacturing, with even wider consequences, and this time the leading revolutionaries are the young of the world. Anderson himself left his job as editor of Wired magazine to join a 22-year-old from Tijuana in running a typical makers firm, 3D Robotics, which builds do-it-yourself drones.

State of the Valley is Silicon Valley's annual "town meeting" -- a tradition at least as old as our nation's founding, where concerned citizens met on the village green to mobilize for the challenges ahead. In that same spirit, Joint Ventures town meeting convenes the entire region of concerned citizens and stakeholders, thought leaders and opinion makers, journalists, our elected representatives, educators and academics, business executives, labor and workforce leaders for dialogue and discussion about the Valley's challenges and opportunities.

The State of the Valley Conference is Silicon Valley's annual "town meeting" -- a tradition at least as old as our nation's founding, where concerned citizens met on the village green to mobilize for the challenges ahead. In that same spirit, Joint Venture's town meeting convenes the entire region of concerned citizens and stakeholders, thought leaders and opinion makers, journalists, our elected representatives, educators and academics, business executives, labor and workforce leaders for dialogue and discussion about Silicon Valley's challenges and opportunities.