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Skype, but also world-renowned tech law firms and
research and development labs. What is more, the first 100
staff of Google, the tech giant in the Silicon Valley, hailed
from Stanford. Even today, 1 in 20 Google staff are also
former Stanford students.
If Hong Kong can encourage an entrepreneurial spirit
among local academia and work with Shenzhen using
this model to boost the ecosystem, the GBA can one
day become a talent magnet like Stanford University and
164 Silicon Valley.
Therefore, whether or not Hong Kong can transform
into a talent hub very much depends on the successful
development of an ecosystem in the GBA.
