This slides is composed of my observation upon the history of silicon valley, the data science development and the forecasting of the coming future.

1. Text
Why Silicon Valley Matters
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Date: 2015.6.16

2. Agenda
Why Silicon Valley Matters
The Social Data Revolution
Wearable, Healthcare, Social
Data
The 2020

3. –李開復
「歷史的經驗告訴我們，當⼤大部分的聰明⼈人介⼊入同
⼀一個領域的時候，它的時代已經來臨。」

4. 居住區，物價地
價較便宜，華⼈人
眾多，但公司較
少，最⼤大的應為
SAP，⼤大部分的居
⺠民通勤到對岸上
班，約需40分鐘
⾞車程
⽼老矽⾕谷，以Cisco、
Yahoo為代表，集結了硬
體時代的許多知名⼤大廠，
有許多⼤大型展覽中⼼心與
購物中⼼心，⽣生活機能完
整，治安良好，且有機
場，較新的知名地標是
TechShop
中矽⾕谷，以Google、
Apple、Facebook、
LinkedIn為代表，同時
擁有位於Palo Alto天⻯⿓龍
區的Stanford加持，是
矽⾕谷⼈人才匯聚的中⼼心之
⼀一，著名的Mountain
View⼭山景城、創投街與
Y-Combinator以及賈柏
斯的⽼老家皆位於此
新矽⾕谷，天⻯⿓龍中的天⻯⿓龍區，
⾃自20世紀初就是⻄西岸最⾼高
貴的地區之⼀一，有許多知
名的⽂文化與景點，例如知
名的⾦金⾨門⼤大橋，物價房價
其⾼高無⽐比。
在Mobile時代興起的新興
公司甚多，如Slack、
Twitter、Coin等等
Overview 概觀

5. Education 育
YC startup school
Stanford StartX
LaunchCMU
Berkeley Startup Cluster

6. Hit #2
1.31 Social Data Revolution Workshop
• Connection
• Palantir
• Wearable World
• Content
• The prediction of 2020 and the next 8 year of
social data revolution
1.30 & 2.7 Plug and Play
• Connection
• Daniel
• Jacky
• TW startup teams
• Content
• The things you should avoid when rasing
founds in the US.
• Critical thinking
2.3 Looky House + 2.4 Google
• Connection
• Kristine
• TW startup teams
• Cat Chen
• Content
• Cooking competition
• Software engineering education system/proj
2.6 Yahoo & Tech Shop
• Connection
• Nicky
• Content
• The Alibaba phenomenon
• The echosystem of Techshop
2.10 TECO
• Connection
• Dr. Wang & President Wang
• Karen & Ruei
• Content
• The core problem of the startup
system
• Potential cooperation model for
“Room to Hack”
2.19 Social Data Revolution x 51Credit
• Connection
• 51Credit CEO/VPs/CTO
• Susan(Pebble)
• Nathan(Video guy)
• Content
• The digital finance in China
• Wearable technology
2.10 TW Hot pot party
• Connection
• TW entrepreneurs
• HackerHome community
• Content
• Networking
2.18 Draper Univ
• Connection
• HackNTUers
• Josie & Luke
• Kare & Ruei
• Content
• Networking & the courses in
Draper

7. –Andreas Weigend
“The 20 centre is an era for the interaction of
particles, while the 21 centre is an era for the
interaction of people and social information.”

8. Source of Social Data Revolution
What’s ‘BIG DATA?’
Why now? Past, Present, and the Future, what do you
see?
What’s the difference between Facebook & 無名⼩小
站?(wretch.cc)
What’s the difference between nowadays from web 2.0
era?

9. Data DNA
Refinery: Physical/Digital
data
Bottleneck
Information divide
Data Scientists

10. –Redg Snodgrass
“Wearable technology is actually a part of that
delivery cycle of establishing that connection,
because we’re moving to an “always on” society
where we’re inherently social where we can
communicate and understand people better.”

11. Wearable x Healthcare x
Social Data

12. Summary 加總
如果你夠幸運，在年輕
的時候待過矽⾕谷，那麼
矽⾕谷將永遠跟隨著你，
因為矽⾕谷是⼀一席流動的
饗宴。

13. Reference
[1]Paul Graham’s essays
[2]Secret History of
Silicon Valley
[3]Hackers’ Guide to
Silicon Valley

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15. T H A N K S F O R U R T I M E : D
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