The thing that really makes Silicon Valley special is this concept of permissionless innovation. Since Hulin and Packard 85 years ago started building Silicon Valley, the idea has always been that just a couple of founders kind of a great idea, start their company, they get some angel investors to write a check for seed capital. Those investors think they're probably going to lose their money, but they figure there's a shot.It could be the two guys in a garage or it could be the college dropout in the dorm ...