Use the map to visit dozens of points of interest throughout the region -- and back through time, too. Find out who the first big customer of Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard was. Or why Jerry Yang and David Filo named their company Yahoo! We've planted nuggets like these, well, all over the map. Go explore!

Move your pointer over a city to view a list of companies that were founded there during the active decade. Clicking on a city will zoom in on it. Clicking on decade on the timeline below the map will change the active time period.