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Silicon Valley Past, Present, Future Russell Hancock Joint Venture Silicon Valley Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies Public Policy Program, Stanford University 3 August 2015. My Game Plan. A primer on Silicon Valley What is it? How does it work?
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Silicon Valley Past, Present, Future Russell Hancock Joint Venture Silicon Valley Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies Public Policy Program, Stanford University 3 August 2015
My Game Plan • A primer on Silicon Valley • What is it? • How does it work? • Why have we been so successful? • Silicon Valley today • Current patterns of growth • Current strengths • Current challenges • Silicon Valley tomorrow • Important trends • future projections
Part One What is Silicon Valley?
Common misperceptions NOT a place you can point to on a map NOT a place with a defined identity NOT a planned phenomenon No Silicon!
So what is Silicon Valley? A remarkably enduring hotbed of innovation and entrepreneurship
Our most important characteristic: We keep re-inventing ourself Silicon Valley’s Waves of Innovation
However, the Valley’s edge doesn’t stem from innovation alone …
The Valley also generates new business models • Internet-based commerce • (Netscape) • Free search, supported by advertising • (Google, Yahoo) • Music downloads, streaming • (Apple itunes) • Social networking • (Facebook, MySpace) • A la carte television • (Netflix) • On-demand delivery • (Door Dash, Uber, Google Express)
Largest Silicon Valley Employers *no longer existed in 2002 *didn’t exist in 1982 Source: Stanford Project on Regions of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
A Habitat for Innovation Results-oriented meritocracy. Climate that rewards risks, tolerates failure Strong markets (capital, labor) Mobile, fluid workforce Favorable government policies University-industry collaboration Specialized infrastructure (venture funding, lawyers, executive search, accountancies) Quality of life
Part Two Silicon Valley today
Silicon Valley was the last region to succumb to the Great Recession The region was adding jobs through Q4 2008
Today Silicon Valley is the first to emerge from the Recession
JOB GROWTH Annual change in Total Number of Jobs, 2008-2014
JOB GROWTH Annual change in Total Number of Jobs, 2008-2014
JOB GROWTH Annual change in Total Number of Jobs, 2008-2014
JOB GROWTH Annual change in Total Number of Jobs, 2008-2014
TOTAL NUMBER OF JOBS 9-County Bay Area +119,576 +3.5%
MAJOR AREAS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY 2013-2014 +40,096 +18,445 +12,294 -491 +57,951
Rapid job growth • Young, well-educated workforce • Accelerating patent registrations • Thriving startup community • Mega venture capital deals
San Francisco and • Silicon Valley together: • $20.2 billion in venture capital • $2.8 billion in Angel investments • 16,055 startups • 76,000 new jobs
Is this a bubble? We don’t think so.
Why not a bubble? Five years of incremental growth Profitable companies, serving proven customer bases Venture community enforcing a high bar Region’s portfolio extremely diverse Economy still moving into promising new areas Valuations are level-headed
VALUATIONS ARE LEVEL-HEADED Price-earnings ratio of top-ten NASDAQ companies, by market cap Source: Barrons
Part Three Silicon Valley tomorrow
It would appear that Silicon Valley is the world’s most prodigious regional economy. So what’s not to like?
Despite our strengths, Silicon Valley faces many challenges and has some structural flaws
One challenge: Tech is no longer a tide that lifts all boats
Another challenge: Fiscal instability, failure of our government institutions
Our tax system doesn’t track with the 21st century economy; no political will to fix it City Revenues in Silicon Valley