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Adconion Taps Sullivan As CTO

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Online advertising network Adconion is tapping a Los Angeles technology vet as its Global Chief Technology Officer, the company said Monday. Adconion said that it has appointed Scott Sullivan to the CTO position, recruiting him away from Everbridge Communications, where he was also CTO. Sullivan is also a board member at Graphight.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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Los Angeles. LA was a leader in lead generation (LowerMyBills), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla), social networking (MySpace … I know, I know – Facebook won – but it was still a big business). You don’t have the founders of eBay, LinkedIn, Salesforce.com and Yahoo. You don’t.

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

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Los Angeles. There is no region in the country that comes close to having the sheer number of angels & VCs that Silicon Valley has as well as the dollars that flow into the region (40% of all dollars, PwC Moneytree report ). There are no $600 million funds in Los Angeles. Let me use LA as an example. eBay and others.