Going to Silicon Valley - an independent tour of the iconic places of the Valley
Silicon Valley is a legend. Those who have never been to the Valley, perhaps imagine the sign of "Silicon Valley", and there - a fairy tale.
What really is the Valley? Where to go? What is worth seeing?
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Here are the main places of the Valley, where you should visit.
For the most part, the Valley can be viewed for free. Although, in some cases it will be necessary to get acquainted to get into the offices of top companies. But more about that later.
- HP garage is the birthplace of Silicon Valley. Address: 367 Addison Ave, Palo Alto. Unfortunately, it is difficult to get inside if you do not have friends from HP.
- University Avenue, Palo Alto :
While you're here, be sure to take a photo at 165 University Ave - this is the first office of Google, PayPal, Logitech, and other startups. Office brings good luck to the inhabitants.
And also, the house of Steve Jobs (2101 Waverley St, Palo Alto). It is clear, only outside.
- Stanford University
You can spend a lot of time here. Very pleasant place to walk. If you manage to get into school time, you can feel the atmosphere of the student life of Stanford. In general, Stanford itself is a work of art. Here is information for visitors to Stanford: www.stanford.edu/dept/visitorinfo You can take a free tour, which is conducted by students.
Also recommend museum.stanford.edu
Stanford holds regularly open events for everyone. Here you can find information that is taking place at the moment: events.stanford.edu
- Computer History Museum in Mountain View www.computerhistory.org - here is the best collection of computer equipment in the world. There are regularly held various conferences. In particular, I highly recommend attending the Silicon Valley Open Doors conference (June 11-12) .
- Google Office - 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA. You can go on campus by yourself. But if you want to go to the offices, or eat at the incredibly delicious Google restaurant, then you need to find friends who work here. You can also get to Google Store by a special pass or with Google employees. In general, the people in Google are friendly. With pleasure and pride will tell about Google.
- Facebook office - also need friends who will hold inside. It's stricter here than in Google. The campus itself does not fall.
- Incubator 500 Startups (444 Castro St # 1200, Mountain View)
“And in general, I recommend visiting coworkings , which are numerous in the Valley and San Francisco.” For example, Plug and Play Tech Center , Nest GSV .
- San Francisco , the city is not at all in the style of "disco".
There is a lot to see. San Francisco is gradually becoming a startup town too. And in order to get into the startup party, it is not necessary to live in the Valley.
I recommend to visit the area where the Russian Consulate is located - Russian Hills. For Russians, this area has the same attitude as China-City in Moscow to the Chinese. Very beautiful and expensive area.
- Twitter Office (San Francisco)
This is also not easy to get here. Looking familiar. And preferably those who can show all the delights of the new office in San Francisco, and tell about the development plans for Twitter.
- Business Association AmBAR . The best place to find friends in San Francisco and the Valley, this event business association AmBAR ambarclub.org . Meetings are held regularly, 3-4 events per month. There you can find compatriots who will be able to help get to those places where you don’t get to yourself.
AmBAR also organizes various professional internships in the Valley. In June, another internship is planned for startups coming to the SVOD conference .
- well, the annual SVOD conference - svod.org . This is the perfect place for anyone planning to do business in the Valley. This year, SVOD celebrates its 10th anniversary. The conference will be held June 11-12 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View.
Good luck on your travels in the Valley and San Francisco!
What really is the Valley? Where to go? What is worth seeing?
So:
')
Here are the main places of the Valley, where you should visit.
For the most part, the Valley can be viewed for free. Although, in some cases it will be necessary to get acquainted to get into the offices of top companies. But more about that later.
- HP garage is the birthplace of Silicon Valley. Address: 367 Addison Ave, Palo Alto. Unfortunately, it is difficult to get inside if you do not have friends from HP.
- University Avenue, Palo Alto :
- University Cafe - it was here in 2004 that Ron Conway (the legendary business angel) met Mark Zuckerberg. And so far, here you can see how negotiations on investment deals are taking place at the next table. However, not only here ...
- Coupa Cafe is also a favorite meeting place for entrepreneurs and investors.
- Cafe Venetia is very loved by Russian-speaking startups and investors because of delicious Italian coffee.
While you're here, be sure to take a photo at 165 University Ave - this is the first office of Google, PayPal, Logitech, and other startups. Office brings good luck to the inhabitants.
And also, the house of Steve Jobs (2101 Waverley St, Palo Alto). It is clear, only outside.
- Stanford University
You can spend a lot of time here. Very pleasant place to walk. If you manage to get into school time, you can feel the atmosphere of the student life of Stanford. In general, Stanford itself is a work of art. Here is information for visitors to Stanford: www.stanford.edu/dept/visitorinfo You can take a free tour, which is conducted by students.
Also recommend museum.stanford.edu
Stanford holds regularly open events for everyone. Here you can find information that is taking place at the moment: events.stanford.edu
- Computer History Museum in Mountain View www.computerhistory.org - here is the best collection of computer equipment in the world. There are regularly held various conferences. In particular, I highly recommend attending the Silicon Valley Open Doors conference (June 11-12) .
- Google Office - 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA. You can go on campus by yourself. But if you want to go to the offices, or eat at the incredibly delicious Google restaurant, then you need to find friends who work here. You can also get to Google Store by a special pass or with Google employees. In general, the people in Google are friendly. With pleasure and pride will tell about Google.
- Facebook office - also need friends who will hold inside. It's stricter here than in Google. The campus itself does not fall.
- Incubator 500 Startups (444 Castro St # 1200, Mountain View)
“And in general, I recommend visiting coworkings , which are numerous in the Valley and San Francisco.” For example, Plug and Play Tech Center , Nest GSV .
- San Francisco , the city is not at all in the style of "disco".
There is a lot to see. San Francisco is gradually becoming a startup town too. And in order to get into the startup party, it is not necessary to live in the Valley.
I recommend to visit the area where the Russian Consulate is located - Russian Hills. For Russians, this area has the same attitude as China-City in Moscow to the Chinese. Very beautiful and expensive area.
- Twitter Office (San Francisco)
This is also not easy to get here. Looking familiar. And preferably those who can show all the delights of the new office in San Francisco, and tell about the development plans for Twitter.
- Business Association AmBAR . The best place to find friends in San Francisco and the Valley, this event business association AmBAR ambarclub.org . Meetings are held regularly, 3-4 events per month. There you can find compatriots who will be able to help get to those places where you don’t get to yourself.
AmBAR also organizes various professional internships in the Valley. In June, another internship is planned for startups coming to the SVOD conference .
- well, the annual SVOD conference - svod.org . This is the perfect place for anyone planning to do business in the Valley. This year, SVOD celebrates its 10th anniversary. The conference will be held June 11-12 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View.
Good luck on your travels in the Valley and San Francisco!
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/217107/
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