The program is also a departure from the mainstream of innovation in Silicon Valley, which has veered toward social networks and Hollywood-style digital media.

该项目同样在硅谷现在转向社交网络和好莱坞式的数字媒体的主流革新中也是异军突起。

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In some countries bankruptcy spells social death. In America, particularly in Silicon Valley, it is a badge of honour.

在一些国家，破产意味着社会性死亡，而在美国，特别是在硅谷，失败则是荣耀的勋章。

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Such environments provide “anonymity along with a lack of social recourse,” notes, a venture capitalist at Trinity Ventures in California's Silicon Valley.

加洲硅谷Trinity Ventures 的风险投资人Gus Tai注意到这些的环境提供了“由于匿名而无法进行社会追踪”。

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Arrillaga-Andreessen is also the Founder, former Chairman (1998-2008), and Chairman Emeritus of the Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2), and she sits on the faculty and teaches Strategic Philanthropy at Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford University.

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Those were questions asked and debated at the 2011 Social innovation Summit, a Silicon Valley-based gathering held in November that brought together more than 300 leaders of nonprofits, celebrities, government representatives, and executives from Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and elsewhere.

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Unlike many social-media darlings, tech bloggers in Silicon Valley largely ignored the site until they noticed that it was growing like mad.

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