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Youth Opportunities and Development in the Cyber World. Nick Yang CEO Cyberport Management Company Ltd 28 December 2004. What is the Cyber World?. A place: To learn To have fun To participate in a community To create wealth!. Rich Under 40!. Example #1: Timothy Chen 陳天橋 Age 31
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Youth Opportunities and Development in the Cyber World Nick Yang CEO Cyberport Management Company Ltd 28 December 2004
What is the Cyber World? A place: • To learn • To have fun • To participate in a community • To create wealth!
Rich Under 40! • Example #1: Timothy Chen 陳天橋 • Age 31 • Shanda Networking盛大網絡 • Net Worth grew from 490 million USD to 1,276 million USD from 2003 to 2004 • Example #2: Wang Wenjing王文京 • Age 39 • UFSoft用友軟件 • Net Worth grew from 1 million USDto 328 million USD from 1990 to 2004 Are you ready to be a Big Achiever in the Cyber World?
You Need to Know… • What drives the cyber world • What do the winners have in common • What new technologies could mean for developments in the cyber world
What Drives The Cyber World? • Technology Advancements, particularly digital media technologies • Growth of Broadband networks and usage • Increased Demand for Knowledge and Solutions
The Need for Content • Contents inspire, technology does not • Contents are context and/or culture based: they work only if people understand them • Contents may be differentiated by category: e-Science, e-Government, e-Culture, e-Business, e-Learning, e-Entertainment, etc. • Contents can also be distinguished by delivery: MEGAA (music, edutainment, games, animation, advertising, etc.
What Do Cyber World Winners Have in Common? • Clear view of their future • Clear view of their role in this future • Availability of immediate market • Few simple, clear strategies to succeed • Team with experience and talent to do it • Disciplined, capital-efficient financial plan • They were right … and lucky
The Future Is… • Always on, always connected • Advancing streaming technology • New generations of storage, playback, power • Sophisticated, easy-to-use operating systems
Remember… • What Drives the Cyber World • New Technologies • High Speed Usage Growth • Demand for Knowledge, i.e. Content • What Cyber World Winners Have in Common • Picture what the future might be with knowledge from the Cyber World You too can be next Timothy Chen or Wang Wenjing!