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

Both Sides of the Table

It’s hard to get people to take a risk at a startup or for a reasonable salary with all this competition. If you hit a groove on funding and customer growth it does become a challenge to ramp quickly. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company, ZestCash in LA. Hit some bumps in the road?