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World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. Home of JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), which helps put rockets into space. ZestCash, founded by Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google [Hollywood]. Home to the Internet’s first true “accelerator,” Idealab led by Bill Gross. And do so in real life, too.

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We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company in LA. We have started to build initiatives like Launchpad LA to help bring this community together and make it easier for first time entrepreneurs. Zorik Gordon is tearing it up at ReachLocal.

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

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We have world-class universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and more. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company, ZestCash in LA. We have started to build initiatives like Launchpad LA to help bring this community together and make it easier for first time entrepreneurs. million in SF Bay Area ).