Do you really know Silicon Valley? -Enlightenment from Silicon Valley (1)

Silicon Valley is a well-known name. It is a holy land for innovation and entrepreneurs. It is synonymous with high technology and wealth, but China people really have limited knowledge about it?

Based on my two-year life experience in Silicon Valley, I intend to analyze the ecological environment of innovation and entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley and its experience and enlightenment for Chinese people to think about.

First, let's take a look at these inventions born in Silicon Valley:

Let's take a look at the picture below. These companies are located in Silicon Valley, including the famous Apple, Google, Tesla, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Airbnb, Evernote and so on.

The top ten companies in Silicon Valley hold $200 billion in cash.

There is only one Silicon Valley in the world. Over the years, many countries and regions want to learn from it, but none of them can succeed, because some of its natural properties are unrepeatable.

This article will tell you first, what is Silicon Valley?

First of all, get rid of your imagination of Silicon Valley and define a concept first. Silicon valley is not a place name, not an administrative region of the United States, it has no government agencies, no management agencies, and it is not a high-tech park.

Silicon Valley is located in a valley 50 kilometers south of San Francisco, California, USA. As we all know, California is the granary of America. The central valley is flat, sunny and fertile. There are all kinds of vegetables and fruits planted here, which is known as the "salad bowl" of Americans. This area of Silicon Valley used to be farmland planted by orchards. After the 1950s, high technology rose from here, and since then it has become the center of scientific and technological innovation and entrepreneurship in the world.

The name Silicon Valley comes from the American Business Weekly of 197 1, and there are a series of articles titled Silicon Valley in the United States. It is called Silicon Valley because most local enterprises are engaged in the semiconductor industry and computer industry that process and manufacture high-concentration silicon, and their place is Santa Clara Valley.

Silicon Valley covers an area of 65,438+0,840 square miles (about 4,000 square kilometers) and has a population of 3 million, including 4 counties and 40 cities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ethnic groups include 35% white, 32% Asian, 26% Hispanic, 2% black and 4% other ethnic groups. 37.4%( 15% are Chinese) are immigrants. People aged 20-60 account for 57% of the total population, mostly of working age.

According to the latest Silicon Valley Index, Silicon Valley includes all 15 towns in Santa Clara County, all 20 towns in san mateo County, 3 towns in alameda county, Santa Cruz County and San Francisco 1 town, totaling 40 towns (cities).

Not all the towns in the Bay Area can be regarded as Silicon Valley. Every year, research institutions reassess the definition. Take San Francisco as an example. Although it is also an important town in the Bay Area, it did not belong to Silicon Valley before 20 15, but was newly added on 20 16.

Therefore, Silicon Valley is an accurate economic concept and a regional economy.

The definition of Silicon Valley by research institutions mainly has the following three elements:

Some people say that the greatest wealth creation process in human history took place in Silicon Valley.

Some people say that Silicon Valley is the place with the greatest wealth per unit of land.

People gather in the city, and the city prospers the people. This is Silicon Valley.