The stock market has soared to new heights, prompting a record number of Silicon Valley companies to go public.

From growing up in San Jose to living rich in SoCal, but authority say this life was built on millions of dollars in stolen funds.

New laws pass almost every week in San Jose, often several of them at a single City Council meeting in the form of an ordinance that revises municipal code, enacts a ban, raises fees or changes policy. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how anyone—even you—can take a good idea from the concept phase and make it a reality.