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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

Both Sides of the Table

In Los Angeles you have large industries in garment industry, defense, games (both physical like Mattel and virtual like Activision) and music. That sets us up nicely for the next phase of the web. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company, ZestCash in LA. And of course you have Hollywood.